River Earth: A Personal Map - SIGNED
Language: English
Published by Washington State Univ Pr, Pullman, Washington, U.S.A., 1999
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OFFICEWW-This regular size TPB is SIGNED & dated by the author, and is in FINE condition. Clean, bright pages. tan w/brown lettering 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Title
- River Earth: A Personal Map - SIGNED
- Author
- Pierce, John C.
- Publisher
- Washington State Univ Pr, Pullman, Washington, U.S.A.
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0874221773
- ISBN 13
- 9780874221770
- Illustrator
- Hockenhull, Jo
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
River Earth is a personal exploration of family and community in and around the rivers of the Pacific Northwest. In these poignant essays, John Pierce probes the lifelong impact of a teenage boy’s loss of a father, and how it led his own sons to a life on the river. He lifts the covers from the seeming tranquility of north Idaho’s woods to reveal the personal impact of a friend’s fear of racial violence. His mother’s heroic lingering death forces him to confront who he is--while in the midst of a relationship that had lain dormant. Nighttime visits by Johnny Cash, two-foot long fish that don’t exist, and a son who hears music in his head while wandering along Idaho’s Jeru Creek all enliven and enrich this moving yet humorous book. Love, anger, wonder, a sense of place, of family, and of community, all emerge in this collection of evocative autobiographical excursions.
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About the Author
John Pierce lives in Colorado Springs with his wife Ardith. He was raised amidst forests and rivers, in western Washington. He loves streams and rivers and their intermingled movement and stability. Pierce served as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Washington State University and is now Vice Chancellor of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He is the author, co-author, or co-editor of more than a dozen scholarly books. This is his first book of personal essays.
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