Once This River Ran Clear

In 1950, as "progress" becomes another name for "greed," a sixteen year old boy learns from the people surrounding him. He and Urs, a bear-like man, live in a shabby cabin on the Nawaakamig River, existing happily on other people's trash and on the carp which pollute the water. Urs's land is coveted by a developer, setting off a chain of painful, tragic events, which overtake unlucky people, including the hobos who spend summers with Urs. The boy bounces from the humble cabin to the local elite family to an Ojibwa community, using what he learns from each situation to find his self and settle a score.

Peter Martin lives in Minnesota. In addition to Once This River Ran Clear he has written twelve plays for families, most of them a twisted take on a classic story, and produced them ninety times give or take. He is writing those scripts into long stories for parents to read to their children or for children to read with a flashlight under the covers. Pete can be reached at https: //peteremartinauthor.com/ or in person in one of the canyons in southern Utah, which he considers his second home.