Saint Croix Notes - Softcover

Adams, Noah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816638144 ISBN 13: 9780816638147

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2001

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.

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: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0816638144
• ISBN 13: 9780816638147
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224