My story as told by water : confessions, Druidic rants, reflections, bird-watchings, fish-stalkings, visions, songs and prayers refracting light, from living rivers, in the age of the industrial dark / David James Duncan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duncan, David James.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental protection.

Environmentalism.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, [2001]

Summary:

The author of "The River Why" brilliantly braids his contemplative, activist and rhapsodic voices to produce a loving tribute to the flora, fauna, and seasonal symphony of his native landscape. "Original, skillful, and funny as hell".--Ian Frazier.

Contents:

Wonder Versus Loss

1. Valmiki's Palm 3

2. Birdwatching as a Blood Sport 31

3. The Non Sense of Place 49

4. Tilt 57

5. Who Owns the West?: Seven Wrong Answers 61

6. Six Henry Stories 81

Activism

7. Native 99

8. Lake of the Stone Mother 115

9. The War for Norman's River 129

10. The 1872 Knee-Mining Act & Your Exciting Financial Future! 151

11. Beauty/Violence/Grief/Frenzy/Love: On the Contemplative Versus the Activist Life 167

12. A Prayer for the Salmon's Second Coming 181

13. River Soldiers 215

14. Strategic Withdrawal 221

Fishing the Inside Passage

15. Idiot Joy 229

16. In Praise of No Guide 233

17. Estuary from an Afterlife 237

18. Fearless Leader 243

19. Khwaja Khadir 249

20. God 263

21. Spirit-Fried No-Name River Brown Trout: A Recipe 273

Appendix "The Lives of Tuan Mac Cairill" 283.

ISBN:

1578050499

OCLC:

45209116