The Gift of the Deer: Pen-and-Ink Drawings from Life

First read this as a child, the story of a couple who went off-grid long before hippies or hipsters did so. They find themselves adopted by a full-grown whitetail buck named Peter. There are generations born, deaths -- yes, there is an episode of hunters, not graphic but very upsetting to the couple who consider these wild creatures to be family. One learns things about life in the North Woods more vividly than anything I was ever taught in my excellent schools.My mother is 82 and fading. Recently she said, "I'd like to read 'Gift of the Deer' one more time." That says a lot about the book.(Thanks to Amazon and a third-party seller, Mom is getting her wish.)

Nice condition, this is the best book ever...

I admit it's been a long time since I read Gift of the Deer, but I remember that I really enjoyed it. It's a very personal account of the author's experience living near the wild and watching whitetailed deer (in Minnesota, if I recall correctly). She got to know them all as individuals and the variety of personalities is a delight to read about. The book can be a touch sentimental at times, and certainly is not very favorable towards deer hunters (though after the hunter behavior she describes, you can't blame her!). But overall, it's a book worth reading. It helped inspire me to try to get to know the blacktailed deer that lived near where I was growing up! (And I did get to know several of them!)