Where the Rivers Flow North is a novel written in 1978 by Howard Frank Mosher.
Set in the late 1920s, its main characters Noel Lord and Bangor, a couple that live together in the wilderness of Vermont living off the land and using the trees in their numerous acreage as a way to make their money. A major company comes through and tries their best to take Noel's land from him through money and then finally trying to kill him in the end. In his books Mosher gives much detail of the wildlife as well as the culture of the times.
This novel was later made into a movie that was produced in 1993 and had a cast of Rip Torn, Michael J. Fox, and Tantoo Cardinal. Produced by Jay Craven.