Inventing Montana: Dispatches from the Madison Valley - Hardcover

INVENTING MONTANA: DISPATCHES FROM THE MADISON VALLEY. By Ted Leeson.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2009). 2009 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 236mm). Ppxviii,233. Not illustrated. Red paper-covered boards with cream spine, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "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. .Leeson contemplates both the human and natural landscape brilliantly; the fly angler's passionate, ironic and sometimes hilarious allegiances to what they do; the intriguing Madison Valley and its creatures and flora; the unique trout town of Ennis; maps and their revelations; the 'green-card' experience of living in a place to which you are not native - but also not a mere tourist; and the profoundly interesting nature of leisure." Chapters include: Inventing Montana; Of cabbages and kings; Back at the ranch; Montana 59729; To steal a march; Postcards of the hanging; The most of it; Patterns of behavior; Local semiotics; Sirius matters; It is a good day to drive; Wading for Godot. . Artikel-Nr. 62157

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