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- catalog abstract "Leaving behind a madcap, fishing-obsessed family, Gus embarks on an extraordinary voyage of self-discovery along his beloved Oregon rivers. What he unexpectedly finds is man's wanton destruction of nature and a burning desire to commit himself to its preservation. The River Why is a tale that gives a contemporary voice to the concerns and hopes of all living things on this beautiful, watery planet. It is the story of one man's search for meaning, for love, and for a sane way to live.".
- catalog contributor b225241.
- catalog created "c1983.".
- catalog date "1983".
- catalog date "c1983.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1983.".
- catalog description "Leaving behind a madcap, fishing-obsessed family, Gus embarks on an extraordinary voyage of self-discovery along his beloved Oregon rivers. What he unexpectedly finds is man's wanton destruction of nature and a burning desire to commit himself to its preservation. The River Why is a tale that gives a contemporary voice to the concerns and hopes of all living things on this beautiful, watery planet. It is the story of one man's search for meaning, for love, and for a sane way to live.".
- catalog description "The Compleat Angler -- "Gus the Fish" -- The Rogue River Fishing War -- Concerning Statistics -- Some Biographical Statistics -- Statistical Improbabilities -- The Great Izaak Walton Controversy: the Parental Version -- The Great Izaak Walton Controversy: My Own Rendition -- Excerpts from the God-notebook -- Being "Educated" and "Gittin' Brung Up" -- The "Ideal Schedule" -- Voiding My Rheum -- The Undoing of a Scientific Angler -- Where I Lived and What I Lived For -- Water on the Brain -- Anvil Abe and the Phantom Fisherman -- Fainting Before the Duel -- I Reckon -- Anamnesis -- Characters in Nature -- The River Writes -- Neighbors -- The Warble of the Water Owl -- Eddy -- Jesus Keeps Fishing -- Descartes -- Philosophizing -- Little, But Strong -- Closing the Door -- The Line of Light -- Hemingway -- Dutch -- Nick the Convert -- The Trek -- The Raven and the [characters not reproducible] -- Googler and Mangler -- Trick or Treat -- The Line of Light -- At the End of the Line -- Heart Work: An afterword, twenty years later.".
- catalog extent "294 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "River why.".
- catalog identifier "0871563215 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "River why.".
- catalog issued "1983".
- catalog issued "c1983.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "San Francisco : Sierra Club Books,".
- catalog relation "River why.".
- catalog subject "Fishing stories.".
- catalog subject "PS3554.U4634 R5 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Compleat Angler -- "Gus the Fish" -- The Rogue River Fishing War -- Concerning Statistics -- Some Biographical Statistics -- Statistical Improbabilities -- The Great Izaak Walton Controversy: the Parental Version -- The Great Izaak Walton Controversy: My Own Rendition -- Excerpts from the God-notebook -- Being "Educated" and "Gittin' Brung Up" -- The "Ideal Schedule" -- Voiding My Rheum -- The Undoing of a Scientific Angler -- Where I Lived and What I Lived For -- Water on the Brain -- Anvil Abe and the Phantom Fisherman -- Fainting Before the Duel -- I Reckon -- Anamnesis -- Characters in Nature -- The River Writes -- Neighbors -- The Warble of the Water Owl -- Eddy -- Jesus Keeps Fishing -- Descartes -- Philosophizing -- Little, But Strong -- Closing the Door -- The Line of Light -- Hemingway -- Dutch -- Nick the Convert -- The Trek -- The Raven and the [characters not reproducible] -- Googler and Mangler -- Trick or Treat -- The Line of Light -- At the End of the Line -- Heart Work: An afterword, twenty years later.".
- catalog title "The river why / David James Duncan.".
- catalog type "text".