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Inventing Montana |
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Inventing Montana
Author: Ted Leeson
Price: $24.95
Hardcover, Skyhorse Publishing, August 2009; 6 x 9 inches, 233 pp. |
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Every summer for two decades, Ted Leeson and a maverick group of close companions have returned to an old ranch house on the benchland overlooking the Madison River. Trout and fly fishing may be at the heart of their ritual return, but their experience goes far beyond the fishing. Leeson contemplates both the human and natural landscape brilliantly: the fly-anglers' passionate, ironic, and sometimes hilarious allegiances to what they do; the intriguing Madison Valley and its creatures and flowers; the trout town of Ennis; maps and their revelations; the "green-card" experience of living in a place in which you are not native; the nature of leisure. What the Experts Are Saying"Ted Leeson is a flawless observer and a fine writer." — John Gierach About the AuthorTed Leeson is the author or editor of nearly a dozen books, including the highly praised The Habit of Rivers and Jerusalem Creek. His articles and essays, both practical and literary, have appeared in such magazines as Fly Rod & Reel, Fly Fisherman, Men's Journal, Big Sky Journal, Trout, Audubon, Field & Stream, Gray's Sporting Journal, and widely elsewhere. He has taught at Oregon State University for twenty-five years and lives in Corvallis, Oregon. |
