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Backcast : Fatherhood, Fly-Fishing, and a River Journey Through the Heart of Alaska Paperback - 2009

by Ureneck, Lou

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Part adventure story, part reconciliation with life's unexpected turns, and part commentary on the healing power of nature, "Backcast" explores the world of a man confronted by the hard choices divorce can bring to create a moving meditation on fatherhood.

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St. Martin's Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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  • Title Backcast : Fatherhood, Fly-Fishing, and a River Journey Through the Heart of Alaska
  • Author Ureneck, Lou
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martin's Press, New York
  • Date 2009-05-12
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 13686133-6
  • ISBN 9780312384890 / 0312384890
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.9 in (21.34 x 13.72 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Geographic Orientation: Alaska
    • Sex & Gender: Masculine
    • Topical: Divorce
    • Topical: Family
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.892

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LOU URENECK is an outdoorsman, professor and father. In his 20 years at the Portland (Maine) Press Herald, where he rose from reporter to editor, Lou crusaded to protect the state's environment against clear-cutting and commercial over-fishing. He was an editor-in-residence at the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University and page-one editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer. He is now chairman of the Department of Journalism at Boston University. His work has been published in The New York Times, Boston Globe and Field & Stream. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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