Publication

1999 - Washington State University Press, Pullman, Wash, Washington (State)

Language

English

Word Count

47,750 words, Guess

Page Count

191 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads400459
  • LibraryThing6213832

Classifications

  • DDC799.1/24
  • LCCCT275.P637 A3 1999

Description

"River Earth is a personal exploration of family and community in and around the rivers of the Pacific Northwest. In these poignant essays, John Pierce probes the lifelong impact of a teenage boy's loss of a father, and how it led his own sons to a life on the river. He lifts the covers from the seeming tranquility of north Idaho's woods to reveal the personal impact of a friend's fear of racial violence. His mother's heroic lingering death forces him to confront who he is - while in the midst of a relationship that had lain dormant. Nighttime visits by Johnny Cash, two-foot long fish that don't exist, and a son who hears music in his head while wandering along Jeru Creek all enliven and enrich this moving yet humorous book."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

RiversAnecdotesBiographyFly fishingPierce, John C., 1943-Northwest, pacific, biographyNorthwest, Pacific -- Biography.

Places

Pacific NorthwestJeru Creek Region (Idaho)

People

John C. Pierce (1943-)

Series Statement

  • Northwest voices essay series

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