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Call of the River: Writings and Photographs
Celebrates the beauty and attraction of a variety of river experiences
- GenresNature
100 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1996
About the author
Page Stegner
32 books5 followersPage Stegner is a novelist, essayist, and historian who has written extensively about the American West. He is the son of novelist Wallace Stegner.
Stenger received his B.A. in history from Stanford University in 1959, followed by a Ph.D in American literature in 1964. He served as a Professor of American Literature and Director of the creative writing program at the University of California, Santa Cruz from 1965 to 1995, at which time he focused his efforts on writing. He has received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship (1980), a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship (1981) and a Guggenheim Fellowship (1982). He is married to novelist Lynn Stegner. They live in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (from Wikipedia)
Stenger received his B.A. in history from Stanford University in 1959, followed by a Ph.D in American literature in 1964. He served as a Professor of American Literature and Director of the creative writing program at the University of California, Santa Cruz from 1965 to 1995, at which time he focused his efforts on writing. He has received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship (1980), a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship (1981) and a Guggenheim Fellowship (1982). He is married to novelist Lynn Stegner. They live in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (from Wikipedia)
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November 8, 2018
Editor and writer Page Stegner has selected contributions by eight additional authors who write about their experiences around rivers. Naturalists, poets, and humorists present their unique views of rivers out in the wild. Sixty-one full-color photographs, mostly of rivers in the western United States, complement the essays.
"I see where meltwater is split by rock--half going west to the Pacific, the other going east to the Atlantic--for this is the continental divide. Down the other side, the air I gulp feels softer. Ice bridges the creek, then, when night comes but before the full moon, falling stars have the same look as water falling against the rock of night."
--Gretel Ehrlich
"I gave my heart to the mountains the minute I stood beside this river with its spray in my face and watched it thunder into foam, smooth to green glass over sunken rocks, shatter to foam again. I was fascinated by how it sped by and yet was always there; its roar shook both the earth and me."
--Wallace Stegner
"I see where meltwater is split by rock--half going west to the Pacific, the other going east to the Atlantic--for this is the continental divide. Down the other side, the air I gulp feels softer. Ice bridges the creek, then, when night comes but before the full moon, falling stars have the same look as water falling against the rock of night."
--Gretel Ehrlich
"I gave my heart to the mountains the minute I stood beside this river with its spray in my face and watched it thunder into foam, smooth to green glass over sunken rocks, shatter to foam again. I was fascinated by how it sped by and yet was always there; its roar shook both the earth and me."
--Wallace Stegner
August 12, 2009
nice bedside reading, has a short story for each river photograph.
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