Why Geese Fly Farther Than Eagles

by Bob Stromberg

Storyteller Bob Stromberg offers a cornucopia of wisdom and wonder for the child in all of us. Here is a celebration of being alive!Life?s lessons don?t come in neat packages and Stromberg brings that fact home to us with humor and an uncanny ability to savor the sights, sounds, smells, and feelings that come with the human condition. Small boy, young man, wise father, tender husband; Bob Stromberg has a knack for getting under the skin of the obvious and coming up with fresh insights on the art of livingThe great themes of life are illustrated in simple stories and moving reminiscences. From a rowboat out on Stinky Bay to Grandpa?s rocky Pennsylvania farm to the Bangu River in Zaire, you?ll treasure lessons about living Why a goose can fly farther than any eagle dares to go? Having the sense to know where you belong, and where you don?t? Discovering the sanctity of life in a showdown with a rat? Treasuring the gift of a father?s love on an agonizing ride to the hospital? The sweetness of reconciliation and forgiveness on a long, wet April dayThis sunny memoir is funny, wise, beautiful, and full of the juices of life. Combining the child?s sense of wonder with the adult?s intelligence, Stromberg helps us find glory in the mundane and the magnificent.

192 pages, Paperback

Published September 8, 2004

Reviews

[Jeff Learned]

I have the edition which was published in 1992. We enjoy reading these short stories as a family. This book always gets packed on our camping trips. Great for stories around the campfire.

[Jodiellsworth]

I liked it, and it was interesting. Read in 1994