"From a Wooden Canoe is the most satisfying kind of nature writing because it makes you want to get up and get out. Give these essays a good read, and then find your own canoe." -- The Wall Street Journal "[Dennis] brings a bright, childlike eagerness to these days on the stream or in the field and forest, burnishing their memory with thoughtfulness and elegance." -- Kirkus Reviews "Anything [Dennis] writes is worthy of a place on your nightstand, alongside your favorite recliner, or in a special spot on the bookshelf to be taken down from time to time and revisited like an old friend." -- Oakland Press "With this reader, Dennis is preaching to the converted. But I suspect even city slickers couldn't help but warm to his opinions." -- Seattle Times "More than anything, Dennis offers us an appreciation of the simpler things in life that many times pass us by in our break-neck pace of living. He shows us that just off the beaten path is a slower avenue, taken by countless generations before us and still available to enjoy if only we would take the time to look.

" -- The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette "Michigan is lucky to have and have had such clear voices speaking for it as Voelker and Dennis." -- Gray's Sporting Journal.