Norman Maclean
Author
Lexile measure
1160L
Language
English
Description
"Based on [the author']s own experiences as a young man, the book's two novellas and short story are set in the small towns and mountains of western Montana. It is a world populated with drunks, loggers, card sharks, and whores, but also one rich in the pleasures of fly-fishing, logging, cribbage, and family. By turns raunchy and elegiac, these superb tales express, in [the author']s own words, 'a little of the love I have for the earth as it goes...
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of two brothers, Norman and Paul Maclean, growing up in Montana. While Paul rebels against the stern nature of the boys' father, Reverend Maclean, Norman pursues his dream of becoming a writer. Despite the brothers' differences they are ultimately bonded by their mutual love of fly fishing.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1919 young Mac joins the Forest Rangers who teaches him the meaning of hard work. He also clashes with the cook who turns out to have a secret talent other than just cooking and bonding with his dinner bell.