INVENTING MONTANA: DISPATCHES FROM THE MADISON VALLEY. By Ted Leeson.

Leeson (Ted).

ISBN 10: 1602397961 / ISBN 13: 9781602397965

Published by Skyhorse Publishing. New York. 2009, 2009

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2009). 2009 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 236mm). Ppxviii,233. Not illustrated. Red paper-covered boards with cream spine, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. "Every summer for two decades, Ted Leeson and a maverick group of close companions have returned to an old ranch house on the benchland overlooking the Madison River. .Leeson contemplates both the human and natural landscape brilliantly; the fly angler's passionate, ironic and sometimes hilarious allegiances to what they do; the intriguing Madison Valley and its creatures and flora; the unique trout town of Ennis; maps and their revelations; the 'green-card' experience of living in a place to which you are not native - but also not a mere tourist; and the profoundly interesting nature of leisure." Chapters include: Inventing Montana; Of cabbages and kings; Back at the ranch; Montana 59729; To steal a march; Postcards of the hanging; The most of it; Patterns of behavior; Local semiotics; Sirius matters; It is a good day to drive; Wading for Godot. .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: INVENTING MONTANA: DISPATCHES FROM THE MADISON VALLEY. By Ted Leeson.
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing. New York. 2009
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1602397961
• ISBN 13: 9781602397965
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

“Ted Leeson is taking us in the only direction the literature of angling should go: toward finding our place in the natural world. His voice is indispensable.”—Thomas McGuane

Every summer for two decades, Ted Leeson and a maverick group of close companions have returned to an old ranch house on the benchland overlooking the Madison River. Trout and fly fishing may be at the heart of their ritual return, but their experience goes far beyond the fishing. Leeson contemplates both the human and natural landscape brilliantly: the fly-anglers’ passionate, ironic, and sometimes hilarious allegiances to what they do; the intriguing Madison Valley and its creatures and flowers; the trout town of Ennis; maps and their revelations; the “green-card” experience of living in a place in which you are not native; the nature of leisure.  

Full of wit, surprise, shrewd observation, and wisdom, this book tells a story about creating a place of temporary liberty, and inhabiting a world fashioned of your best imaginings, where you might, for a time, live the potencies of a place that you have shaped and has shaped you. No lover of the very best writing about fly fishing and the natural world can afford to miss this stunning book.

About the Author

Ted Leeson is the author or editor of nearly a dozen books, including the highly praised The Habit of Rivers and Jerusalem Creek. His articles and essays, both practical and literary, have appeared in such magazines as Fly Rod & Reel, Fly Fisherman, Men’s Journal, Big Sky Journal, Trout, Audubon, Field & Stream, Gray’s Sporting Journal, and widely elsewhere. He has taught at Oregon State University for twenty-five years and lives in Corvallis, Oregon.