ISBN: 9780873517768
Editorial: Borealis Books
Autor: Weaver, Will
Año de edición: 2010
N° Paginas: 192
Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
Descripción: From the Publisher"I've been waiting for this book almost as long as I've hunted. In beautiful, precise prose Weaver has reinserted me in an America that I too miss, where we lived by and with nature--an America the old need to remember and the young need to know about." Ted Williams, Editor-at-Large for Audubon and Conservation Editor for Fly Rod & ReelMinnesota's Will Weaver has been a hunter since he was a young boy, following in the footsteps of his father, a dedicated and seasoned outdoorsman. As he writes, "in the fall, when Canada geese came through and when partridge season opened, [we] heard the far-off thudding report of shotguns—and in November the heavier poom-poom! of deer rifles." Hunting frames Weaver's childhood memories, his relationship with his father, and his own definition of self. And although one side of his family lineage includes men who would not hunt, or go to war, or carry a rifle, Weaver is caught off guard when his son and daughter show no interest in upholding the tradition of the hunt.The Last Hunter is a twenty-first-century collection of deeply personal tales—a truly American story. Weaver's heartfelt rendering sweeps us along on a family journey from an isolated North Dakota farm "built around a fork and shovel" to postmodern America. Grounded in telling and luminous detail, The Last Hunter is an examination of family, life on the land, and those things we hold dear enough to want to carry along, one generation to another.Praise for Will Weaver:". . . his stories view America's heartland with a candid but charitable eye."—New York Times on A Gravestone Made of Wheat". . . pitch perfect. Superb."—Kirkus Reviews on Full Service" Weaver . . . is a writer of uncommon natural talent. He's that rare Real Thing, a writer writing eloquently, often between the lines but always with an undertow of passion about what he knows, where he lives, what he's been through."—Los Angeles TimesFrom BooklistThe author, a novelist and outdoorsman, was born in Minnesota and lives there now. In this beautifully written book, he looks back on his family, its history, and its traditions. The title refers to himself, a hunter from a young age (his first gun was a rubber-band rifle he made when he was a small boy) whose own children have chosen not to carry on that particular tradition. But the book is not just a memoir of hunting; it’s also a memoir of growing up on a dairy farm, of leaving the place where he was raised (he spent a handful of years in California, in a writing program) and of returning home, of building a family, of saying goodbye both to loved ones and to a way of life. Weaver writes, at times, with great emotion, although he’s never maudlin, and he infuses his stories with laughter and colorful adventures. --David Pitt
- Idioma: Inglés
- Envío: Desde EE. UU.
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