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Tom Montgomery Fate

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born

October 05, 1960 in Ames, IA, The United States

gender

male

website

http://tommontgomeryfate.com/

genre

Nonfiction, Outdoors & Nature, Biographies & Memoirs

member since

May 2011

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Tom Montgomery Fate is the author of five books of nonfiction, including Beyond the White Noise (1997), a collection of essays, Steady and Trembling (2005), a spiritual memoir, and Cabin Fever (2011), a nature memoir. His essays have appeared in The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, The Baltimore Sun, Orion, Iowa Review, Fourth Genre, Riverteeth, Sojourners, Christian Century, and many other journals and anthologies; and they regularly air on National Public Radio and Chicago Public Radio. A graduate of the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa, and of Chicago Theological Seminary, he is currently a professor of English at College of DuPage, in suburban Chicago, where he also lives. He and his wife Carol have three children.

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Average rating: 3.49 · 35 ratings · 10 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Cabin Fever: A Suburban Father's Search for the Wild by Tom Montgomery Fate (Goodreads Author), Tom Montgomery-Fate 3.40 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Steady and Trembling: Art, Faith, and Family in an Uncertain World 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Beyond the White Noise: Mission in a Multicultural World 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1997	My rating:

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Tom Montgomery liked Carolyn's review of Cabin Fever: " Thoreau meets Sand County Almanac in the 21st century. "
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Tom Montgomery liked Jessie's review of Cabin Fever: " This book was a lot funnier than I expected it to be, and also more spiritual. It's not just about finding a place in the woods in order to be reflective: it's about the balance between that space away and the space immersed in the everyday, the b... " Read more of this review »
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Tom Montgomery gave to: Man Killed by Pheasant and Other Kinships by John T. Price	My rating:
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