Saint Croix Notes - Softcover

Adams, Noah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393335771 ISBN 13: 9780393335774

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1990

Synopsis

The Saint Croix River Valley is a remarkable part of Minnesota and Wisconsin that combines stunning natural beauty with small-town life. Here, Noah Adams reflects with humor and pathos on the small things that add up to the good life -- watching a Christmas pageant, spotting eagles, listening to ghost stories, and paddling down the Saint Croix River. This collection, originally written for broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio's Good Evening, is one to cherish and reread.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

In these short, graceful essays written for Minnesota Public Radio's Good Evening , Adams chronicles a year in the Saint Croix River Valley of Minnesota and Wisconsin. He muses about the passage of the seasons, books he has read and day-to-day events in the small-town Midwest. His found pleasures derive from nature, the weather and such activities as canoe trips, a stroll through a cemetery, a climb to the top of a water tower and visits to a dog pound, a zoo, a high school basketball game, a garage sale. The tone is gentle--like Adams's voice, familiar to those who have heard him as host of National Public Radio's All Things Considered --and the experiences ordinary, yet he reveals with delight and wonder the often unnoticed magic of the commonplace.
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Review:

Adams is a hell of a writer with a keen eye, self-deprecating humor, and great craft. -- San Francisco Chronicle

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0393335771
• ISBN 13: 9780393335774
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224