A Thousand Country Roads: An Epilogue to The Bridges of Madison County - Hardcover

Waller, Robert James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0971766711 ISBN 13: 9780971766716

Publisher: John m Hardy Pub Co, 2002

Synopsis

Lonely, unfulfilled, and consumed with memories of his passionate affair with Francesca Johnson in Madison County, Iowa, ten years earlier, photographer Robert Kincaid takes to the road again to return to the bridge where it all began.

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About the Author

ROBERT JAMES WALLER grew up in the small town of Rockford, Iowa, and was educated at the University of Northern Iowa and Indiana University. He was for many years a professor at his Iowa alma mater, where he also served as Dean of the College of Business from 1979 to 1986. He lives on a remote ranch in the high desert mountains of Texas and pursues his interests in writing, photography, music, economics and mathematics. This is his tenth book.

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In the cabin Robert Kincaid took a knapsack from its place on the closet shelf and grabbed a scarred Gitzo tripod leaning against the back closet wall, behind the four shirts hanging there. Scrounging around on the closet floor, he found a black wool turtleneck sweater he had bought in Ireland years ago and draped the sweater over the Gitzo. His photographers vest swung from a hanger. He took it down and slipped into it.

From the kitchen cupboard, he loaded cameras and accessories into the knapsack, neatly packing each in its place. He still had forty-three rolls of Tri-X black-and-white film in a drawer, the rolls scattered over the face of a plaque from a prestigious photography magazine:

TO ROBERT L. KINCAID
IN RECOGNITION
OF A LIFETIME OF EXCELLENCE
IN THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS
Animus non integritatem sed facinus cupit
The heart wills not purity but adventure

He scooped the film into a plastic grocery bag, looked around, slung the tripod and sweater over one shoulder and the knapsack over the other. Locking the cabin, he was careful not to let the screen door slam as he closed it.

Back in the truck. Ready, dog? he asked and started the engine. Let's go see what we might have missed along the way.

Edition details

• Publisher: John m Hardy Pub Co
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0971766711
• ISBN 13: 9780971766716
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 181