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White Deer: Ghosts of the Forest. Photographs by Jeff Richter; text by John Bates.

White Deer cover For the first time ever in book form, award-winning photographer Jeff Richter shares ten years worth of startling images of wild, real, and rarely seen albino deer: one of nature's truly unusual, mysterious and beautiful animals. John Bates text explores the phenomenon from scientific, mythical and personal perspectives. (As seen on Wisconsin Public Television.) Published by Nature's Press.
Softcover $19.95; Hardcover $27.95
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Books published by Manitowish River Press: (For more details, click on a cover)
Graced by the Seasons
Spring and Summer in the Northwoods
by John Bates
ISBN: 0-9656763-5-9 $14.95
Graced by the Seasons
Fall and Winter in the Northwoods
by John Bates
ISBN: 978-09656763-6-6 $14.95
A Northwoods Companion
Spring and Summer
by John Bates
ISBN: 0-9656763-0-7 $14.95
A Northwoods Companion
Fall and Winter
by John Bates
ISBN: 0-9656763-1-5 $14.95
River Life
The Natural & Cultural History of a Northern River by John Bates
ISBN: 0-9656763-3-1 SALE PRICE $14.95
North Country Moments
by Cliff Wood & Neal Long
ISBN: 0-9656763-2-3
HALF PRICE $7.50 (was $14.95)
Heartwood
A Novel by Mary E. Burns
Illustrated by Peggy Grinvalsky
ISBN: 0-9656763-4-X $9.95
Heartwood Curriculum Guide
by Mary E. Burns
$15.00
Other books by John Bates and contributed to by John Bates and Mary Burns:
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Trailside Botany: 101 Favorite Trees, Shrubs & Wildflowers of the Upper Midwest
by John Bates; illustrated by April Lehman
ISBN: 0-8166-4606-6 $14.95
Pure Superior: Lake Superio Photographs by Jeff Richter
With Essays by John Bates, Sam Cook, Justin Isherwood and Howard Paap
ISBN: 978-097418833-1 $38.95
Seasons of the North: Photographs by Jeff Richter
With Essays by John Bates, Justin Isherwood,
Terri Daulton, Chad McGrath
ISBN: 0-9741883-0-1 $29.00
   
A Place to Which We Belong
Wisconsin Writers on Wisconsin Landscapes; Foreword by Gaylord Nelson
ISBN: 0-9666359-0-6 $16.95 Out of Print
Seasonal Guide to the Natural Year
A Month by Month Guide to Natural Events (Minnesota Michigan Wisconsin) by John Bates
ISBN: 1-55591-273-7 Out of Print
   

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