 Author Name: Robert F. Jones
Title: THE RUN TO GITCHE GUMEE
Binding: Hardcover
Type: BOOK
Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT ( THE LYONS PRESS
ISBN Number: 1585744069 / 9781585744060
Seller ID: 1028673
Part One: Armed with flyrods and shotguns, 2 men plan to fish & hunt their way downriver, relishing their last blast of freedom in the great outdoors. Part Two: 50 years later, two decide to recreate their canoe trip as a last hurrah?this time with the wisdom of years & the pains of the past. 5x8 inches, 240 pgs.
'In praise of Robert F. Jones:
'Jones can justly be compared to Jack London at his finest.'
'Publishers Weekly
'Jones has uncommon descriptive powers.'
'Washington Post Book World
'Mr. Jones is a superior writer who can turn a telling phrase and who has a pronounced streak of poetry. His characters, too, are beautifully developed.' 'The New York Times Book Review
This two-part novel is pure Jones: an outrageous outdoor adventure accented by ribald humor, violence, sex, pitch-perfect dialog, unforgettably eccentric characters, and a riveting plot. Part One opens as two boyhood friends, Ben, who is about to go off to the Korean War, and Harry, who has begun college to become a doctor, set off to have the final adventure of their youth'a canoe trip down the Firesteel River to Lake Superior, also known as Gitche Gumee, the Big-Sea-Water. Armed with flyrods and shotguns, they plan to fish and hunt their way downriver, relishing their last blast of freedom in the great outdoors.
Part Two takes place fifty years later, when Harry, a retired physician, is diagnosed with terminal cancer, and Ben contemplates the dismal state of his own failed life. The two decide to recreate their canoe trip as a last hurrah'this time with the wisdom of years and the pains of the past informing their every paddlestroke.
This is Jones at his very best'his wicked humor now tempered with the acute poignancy of the final stretch of the river of life.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Robert F. Jones is the author of seven highly acclaimed novels, including Blood Tide, a 1990 New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Blood Sport and five works of nonfiction, including Dancers in the Sunset Sky,, a collection of sporting essays. His work has appeared in Sports Afield, Men's Journal, Outdoor Life, Big Sky Journal, Audubon, Time, Sports Illustrated, Life, People, Harper's, Fly Rod & Reel, The New York Times, and Shooting Sportsman. He lives in West Rupert, Vermont.
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