false 3212994 1 <p>In a time when everything seems to be regulated, controlled, and monitored, <i>Yellowstone Drift </i>is a refreshing and often exhilarating look at the natural wonder of Montana's Yellowstone River.</p><p>High above sea level in the mountains of the Yellowstone National Park plateau, the river tumbles and rushes down to the Paradise Valley just north of Livingston, Montana, before meandering through the northern high plains for well over five hundred serpentine miles to its confluence with the Missouri River in North Dakota. Each chapter of <i>Yellowstone Drift </i>chronicles a leg of John Holt's journey down the river, promising that the reader doesn't miss a single mile of natural beauty. Holt, in his customary free-form, anecdotal style and oblique vision, takes the reader on a wild ride down this natural treasure, examining the wildlife, the people, the fishing, and the river itself.</p><p><b>John Holt </b>is the author of the acclaimed Reel Deep series of trout fishing books, the comic-gothic novel <i>Hunted</i>, and <i>Coyote Nowhere: In Search of America's Last Frontier</i>. He lives in Livingston, Montana, with his wife Ginny, a photographer.</p><p><b>Doug Peacock </b>is the author of <i>Grizzly Years </i>and <i>Walking It Off </i>.</p> 3246756 1 2 2009 Yellowstone Drift: Floating the Past in Real Time (Counterpunch) total:1|2:1| 1 2 3 1 2 6 false false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 14:45:19 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 14:16:49 -0700 2009 ***Please VOTE***
I'll give you a feel for John Holt's writing, then a review of Yellowstone Drift. He seems to revisit these themes: drinking, eating steak, reminiscing, cigars, enumerating lists (especially of colors, flora, and fauna), fishing, 1-2 word sentences for effect, the occassiona...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Sep 15 15:09:50 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 15:09:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 15 11:30:57 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 11:30:57 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3212994