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Home waters : a chronicle of family and a river / John N. Maclean ; wood engravings by Wesley W. Bates.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: [New York, New York] : Custom House, [2021]Edition: First editionDescription: 262 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780062944597
  • 0062944592
  • 9780062944603
  • 0062944606
Subject(s):
Contents:
Prologue: On the big Blackfoot -- Two worlds, one cabin -- Unseen power -- When the mountains roared -- The river of the road to the buffalo -- "They were beautiful in life" -- "Paul! Paul!" -- A feel for greatness -- Fathers and sons -- Touched by fire -- Epilogue: Home waters.
Summary: "A universal story about the power of place to shape families: In the spirit of his father's beloved classic A River Runs Through It, comes John N. Maclean's meditation on fly fishing and life along Montana's Blackfoot River, where four generations of Macleans have fished, bonded, and drawn timeless lessons from its storied waters"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: Montana's majestic Blackfoot River was the setting for Norman Maclean classic novella, A River Runs through It. His son, John N. Maclean, returns annually to the simple family cabin that his grandfather built by hand, still in search of the trout of a lifetime. Here he chronicles a family who claimed a river, from one generation to the next, and tells how this family came of age in the 20th century. As they scattered across the country, faced tragedy and success, the family was always drawn back to the waters that bound them together. -- adapted from jacket
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library Biography MACLEAN, J. M163 Available 33111010583702
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Biography MACLEAN, J. M163 Available 33111010525109
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"Beautiful. ... A lyrical companion to his father's classic, A River Runs through It, chronicling their family's history and bond with Montana's Blackfoot River." --Washington Post

A "poetic" and "captivating" (Publishers Weekly) memoir about the power of place to shape generations, Home Waters is John N. Maclean's remarkable chronicle of his family's century-long love affair with Montana's majestic Blackfoot River, the setting for his father's classic novella, A River Runs through It. Maclean returns annually to the simple family cabin that his grandfather built by hand, still in search of the trout of a lifetime. When he hooks it at last, decades of longing promise to be fulfilled, inspiring John, reporter and author, to finally write the story he was born to tell.

A book that will resonate with everyone who feels deeply rooted to a landscape, Home Waters is a portrait of a family who claimed a river, from one generation to the next, of how this family came of age in the 20th century and later as they scattered across the country, faced tragedy and success, yet were always drawn back to the waters that bound them together. Here are the true stories behind the beloved characters fictionalized in A River Runs through It, including the Reverend Maclean, the patriarch who introduced the family to fishing; Norman, who balanced a life divided between literature and the tug of the rugged West; and tragic yet luminous Paul (played by Brad Pitt in Robert Redford's film adaptation), whose mysterious death has haunted the family and led John to investigate his uncle's murder and reveal new details in these pages.

A universal story about nature, family, and the art of fly fishing, Maclean's memoir beautifully captures the inextricable ways our personal histories are linked to the places we come from--our home waters.

Featuring twelve wood engravings by Wesley W. Bates and a map of the Blackfoot River region.

Includes index.

Map on lining papers.

Prologue: On the big Blackfoot -- Two worlds, one cabin -- Unseen power -- When the mountains roared -- The river of the road to the buffalo -- "They were beautiful in life" -- "Paul! Paul!" -- A feel for greatness -- Fathers and sons -- Touched by fire -- Epilogue: Home waters.

"A universal story about the power of place to shape families: In the spirit of his father's beloved classic A River Runs Through It, comes John N. Maclean's meditation on fly fishing and life along Montana's Blackfoot River, where four generations of Macleans have fished, bonded, and drawn timeless lessons from its storied waters"-- Provided by publisher.

Montana's majestic Blackfoot River was the setting for Norman Maclean classic novella, A River Runs through It. His son, John N. Maclean, returns annually to the simple family cabin that his grandfather built by hand, still in search of the trout of a lifetime. Here he chronicles a family who claimed a river, from one generation to the next, and tells how this family came of age in the 20th century. As they scattered across the country, faced tragedy and success, the family was always drawn back to the waters that bound them together. -- adapted from jacket

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