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Thomas McGuane
Fromthe acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade: Set in the seedy corners of Key West, the remote shore townsof the Bahamas, and the unforgiving landscape of Big…
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From the highly acclaimed author of Ninety-Two in the Shade and Nothing But Blue Skies comes this collection of 33 exquisite essays borne of a lifetime spent fishing everywhere from…
A volume of interviews that spans Thomas McGuane’s writing life to date. These exchanges trace the evolution of a mature literary writer and the growth and transformation of a complex…
Two old friends strike up an old feud filled with dangerous games on the vast preserve of their hunting club in this rollicking story of boyhood rivalries pushed to the…
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A story of the Whitelaws, a family whose values are as far flung as the territory they helped settle, and whose generations have pioneered the landscape of dysfunction.
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Presents ten stories of lives in this book, that are recognizable and strange: a boy makes a discovery skating at night on Lake Michigan; an Irish clan in Massachusetts gather…
In this collection of essays, McGuane taps the wellspring of his own personalpassion to examine the relationship between horses and humans.
An excellent short story collection–McGuane’s first–that affirms his place as one of America’s most energetic and graceful writers. A cornucopia of McGuane’s grace, humor, gusto and smarts …
This superb collection of stories–his first in 20 years–is from one of the country’s most acclaimed literary figures, whom The New York Times Book Review has called a writer of…
Hearing that his childhood sweetheart Emily has shot her husband, Lucien Taylor returns to his native Montana in hopes of reclaiming his passion for Emily but winds up rebuilding Emily’s…
The latest novel by the author of Ninety-Two in the Shade is the story of Jos Starling, a man teetering on the edge of spectacular failures–as an artist, rancher, lover…
From one of our most deeply admired storytellers, author of the richly acclaimed Gallatin Canyon, his first collection in nine years.
The unforgettable story of a hero who goes from Michigan to Montana on a demented mission of courtship-from the acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade and Cloudbursts, a writer…
Chet Pomeroy, a one-time celebrity for whom fame is now a memory, returns home to Key West and attempts to regain the affections of his former lover.
Frank Copenhaver becomes so devastated by his wife’s abandonment of him that he finds himself falling in love with the wrong women.
Ten years after his last novel McGuane returns to the form with a sulfurously funny yet genuinely elegiac tale of blood, money, sex, and chicanery set on the majestic stage…
From the river in his backyard to the holiest waters of the fly-fisher’s world, Thomas McGuane’s obsession takes him to Ireland, Montana, Argentina, New Zealand and Russia. The Longest Silence…
Set in Key West–the nation’s extreme limit–this is the story of a man seeking refuge from a world of drug addiction by becoming a skiff guide for tourists–even though a…
There must be meaning to existence beyond professional accreditation, and though scantly equipped, Berl Pickett has been on a mission to find it, despite being charged with negligent homicide in…
A novel set on a Montana ranch featuring a former tank captain and sometime whiskey addict.
This series contains indepth analytical reference guides to 463 major writers of long fiction. The series has an accessible style and format that allow readers to zero in on precise…
Luke Jennings
By the author of Codename Villanelle, the basis of Killing Eve, the sensational hit television series. Blood Knots is a brilliant and dramatic memoir of an angler’s life. It places…
Owen Wister
Dime novels had featured some rather scrawny horse-bound tenders of cattle, but not until 1902 did the cowboy become a fully realized article of American culture. This work establishes the…
Stu Apte
My Life in Fishing is more than a collection of engaging stories and fly fishing pointers; it is a glimpse of the development and evolution of the sport, and of…
William Arkwright
Reprint. Originally published in 1902; this edition has new introduction.
Andy Adams
An account of life on the great trail drives of the old American West.
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Jerome Klinkowitz
Explores the virtual reinvention of the novel of manners in America out of the same subjectivity that charged the works of New Journalism. In place of the rigid social structures…
James Welch
The year is 1870, and Fool’s Crow, so called after he killed the chief of the Crows during a raid, has a vision at the annual Sun Dance ceremony. The…
Dylan Tomine
Depicts the days and seasons of a family intent on living joyfully, providing a meditation on our relationship to nature.
