“The Backwoodsman is a soldier from necessity. Mind and body have been disciplined in a practical warfare. He belongs to this continent and to no other. He is an original. He thinks “big”; he talks “big”; and when it is necessary to toe the mark, he acts “big.” He is the genius of the New World.”

- James K. Paulding

Gm.

Hand Split
by Andrew Wyeth 1979