The River Home: An Angler's Explorations - Hardcover

Dennis, Jerry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312185944 ISBN 13: 9780312185947

Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books, 1998

Synopsis

From the author of A Place on the Water comes an examination of how the concept of home has changed during the restless twentieth century, and how the outdoors can put us in contact with the earth and ourselves. 20,000 first printing.

About this title

From the Publisher:

"This bright and sharply written book is a guide to a life lived consciously, a prerequisite and bonus of the sport done well." -Lisa Faye Kaplan, ,USA Today "Jerry Dennis writes of fly fishing as well as anyone, in both essays and short stories, blending a lyric prose style with an uncommonly sharp eye and a generous imagination." -W. D. Wetherell, author of North of Now

About the Author:

Jerry Dennis writes for such publications as Smithsonian, Sports Afield, Wildlife Conservation, Gray's Sporting Journal, and The New York Times. His previous books, including It's Raining Frogs and Fishes, A Place on the Water, and From a Wooden Canoe, have won numerous awards and have been translated into five languages. In 1999, he was the recipient of the Michigan Author of the Year Award presented by the Michigan Library Association. He lives in Traverse City, Michigan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0312185944
• ISBN 13: 9780312185947
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 227