River Earth

A Personal Map

John C. Pierce (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

1999
Washington State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-87422-177-0 (ISBN)

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River Earth is a personal exploration of family and community in and around the rivers of the Pacific Northwest. In these poignant essays, John Pierce probes the lifelong impact of a teenage boy's loss of a father, and how it led his own sons to a life on the river. He lifts the covers from the seeming tranquility of north Idaho's woods to reveal the personal impact of a friend's fear of racial violence. His mother's heroic lingering death forces him to confront who he is--while in the midst of a relationship that had lain dormant. Nighttime visits by Johnny Cash, two-foot long fish that don't exist, and a son who hears music in his head while wandering along Idaho's Jeru Creek all enliven and enrich this moving yet humorous book. Love, anger, wonder, a sense of place, of family, and of community, all emerge in this collection of evocative autobiographical excursions.

John Pierce lives in Colorado Springs with his wife Ardith. He was raised amidst forests and rivers, in western Washington. He loves streams and rivers and their intermingled movement and stability. Pierce served as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Washington State University and is now Vice Chancellor of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He is the author, co-author, or co-editor of more than a dozen scholarly books. This is his first book of personal essays.

Preface
1. Riverfishing
2. River Earth
3. Fly Fishing Alone
4. Lagniappe: The Accidental Finding
5. Politics and the Pack
6. The Sounds of Silence
7. Mirage: The Fish that Doesn't Exist
8. The Survivalist
9. Masquerade
10. Flylife
11. The Inclined Plane
12. The Forest Primeval
13. The Bogachiel Sonata
14. Violation
15. Who Am I?
16. Rivers of Change
About the Author

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.11.1999
Illustrationen	Jo Hockenhull
Verlagsort	Pullman, WA
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 210 mm
Gewicht	286 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Angeln / Jagd
ISBN-10	0-87422-177-3 / 0874221773
ISBN-13	978-0-87422-177-0 / 9780874221770
Zustand	Neuware