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Goodbye to a River: A Narrative
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Goodbye to a River: A Narrative
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by John Graves
Sales Rank: 16417
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List Price: $14.95
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Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Vintage July 9, 2002
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0375727787
ISBN-13: 978-0375727788
Product Dimensions:
7.9 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
Product Review
“John Graves’s writing is invaluable. . . . The reader who misses Graves will have missed much.” --Larry McMurtry
“As you read, you have the feeling that the whole colorful, brutal tapestry of the Lone Star State is being unrolled for you out of the biography of this one stream.” —The Atlantic Monthly
“Graves’ originality and flair turn this local scene and regional lore into an hoest and powerfully evocative picture of frontier life anywhere.” —The Chicago Sunday Tribune
“One of the most pleasing books I’ve ever read. I love the way it weaves together remote history, not so remote history, present events, and landscape.”—Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs
Product Review
?John Graves?s writing is invaluable. . . . The reader who misses Graves will have missed much.? --Larry McMurtry
?As you read, you have the feeling that the whole colorful, brutal tapestry of the Lone Star State is being unrolled for you out of the biography of this one stream.? ?The Atlantic Monthly
?Graves? originality and flair turn this local scene and regional lore into an hoest and powerfully evocative picture of frontier life anywhere.? ?The Chicago Sunday Tribune
?One of the most pleasing books I?ve ever read. I love the way it weaves together remote history, not so remote history, present events, and landscape.??Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs
Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and Criticism
I was very impressed with this book. Graves does so much in this enjoyable volume. As he takes a canoe trip down the Brazos near where he grew up, he shares the history of the land--both recent and not-so-recent. Through him, we learn the reality of life for the average settler on the edge of the frontier. He also seems to be detailing a life that in his time was declining and in our age is nearly completely gone. His writing is difficult to describe and unlike anything I have ever read. It flows smoothly with a combination of regional speech and erudition. As you read you feel like you are in the canoe with an incomparable guide to this region of our state. A great book that deserves to be read much more widely than it is.
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