What the River Knows: An Angler in MidstreamAt the age of forty-two, Wayne Fields set upon a sort of pilgrimage when he waded the near twenty-mile stretch of a small river in northern Michigan with fly rod in hand. He emerged with a beautiful and poignant memoir, a meditation on families and aging, and a whimsical response to what time, and streams, and those we care about bring into our lives. |
What people are saying - Write a review
LibraryThing Review
User Review - juniperSun - LibraryThingI read over half of this book (skipping most of the 2nd half but finishing the last 35 pages) before giving this to a retired friend who is an avid fly fisherman. Further similarities with my friend ... Read full review
Contents
August 1 | 13 |
August 6 | 54 |
August 7 | 68 |
August 8 | 84 |
August 9 | 90 |
August 10 | 111 |
August 14 | 132 |
August 16 | 151 |
August 19 | 202 |
August 20 | 217 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Aaron ahead alder already appear asked bank beaver become begin bend beneath body branches break bridge brown cabin carried cast catch clear close comes completely continued cover dark dead deep edge Elizabeth enter face fall father feel feet fish four give grass growing hand head hold hole hope Karen keep lake land leaves legs less light living logging look Meadows mile morning move narrow nearly never once passed past path perhaps pool pull reach remains remember ridge rises river road rocks Sarah seems side sometimes stand step stopped stream summer surface talked things thought timber told trail trees trout turn voice wade waders walk watch yards
Bibliographic information
| Title | What the River Knows: An Angler in Midstream |
| Author | Wayne Fields |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press, 1996 |
| ISBN | 0226248577, 9780226248578 |
| Length | 252 pages |
| Subjects | › Nature / General Sports & Recreation / Fishing Sports & Recreation / General |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |