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A river runs through it and other stories

Norman Maclean's autobiographical novella, "A River Runs Through It," that recalls the author's experiences in the small towns and surrounding trout streams and mountains of western Montana, plus two other stories.

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  • "Norman Maclean reading A river runs through it (excerpts) and Young men and fire (work in progress)"@en
  • "Norman MacLean reads "A river runs through it" and "USFS 1919" : (short stories) ; Norman MacLean reads from work in progress about the Mann Gulch forest fire of 1949 : (posthumously published as Young men and fire)"@en

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  • "Norman Maclean's autobiographical novella, "A River Runs Through It," that recalls the author's experiences in the small towns and surrounding trout streams and mountains of western Montana, plus two other stories."@en
  • "After an introduction to his life and work, author Maclean reads excerpts from A river runs through it, a novel about fly-fishing, and excerpts from his short story USFS 1919. He concludes with readings from his most recent novel dealing with the Mann Gulch forest fire of 1949."
  • "After an introduction to his life and work, author Maclean reads excerpts from A river runs through it, a novel about fly-fishing, and excerpts from his short story USFS 1919. He concludes with readings from his most recent novel dealing with the Mann Gulch forest fire of 1949."@en
  • "The narrator and his brother become fascinated with fly fishing and the Big Blackfoot River."@en
  • "Read by Ivan Doig."@en
  • "After an introduction to his life and work, author MacLean reads excerpts from A river runs through it, a novel about fly-fishing, and excerpts from his short story USFS 1919. He concludes with readings from his most recent novel dealing with the Mann Gulch forest fire of 1949."@en
  • "This modern classic and perennial bestseller is now available in an unabridged edition along with two Norman Maclean stories never before on audio.In A River Runs Through It, Norman Maclean claims that "in my family, there is no clear line between religion and fly-fishing." Nor is there a clear line between family and fly-fishing..."
  • "The title story is about two boys who learn fly fishing from their father."@en
  • "The title novella recalls the experiences of a young man in frontier Montana: of his minister father, who taught his sons the ways of grace and fly fishing; of his brother, an artist at trout fishing but less than successful at life; and the swift, cold rivers that ran from the heart of the mountains into the still-mysterious heart of man. -Back cover."
  • "Just as Norman Maclean writes at the end of A River Runs through It that he is "haunted by waters," so have readers been haunted by his novella. A retired English professor who began writing fiction at the age of 70, Maclean produced what is now recognized as one of the classic American stories of the twentieth century."@en
  • "In Maclean's autobiographical novella, it is the river that makes them realize that life continues and all things are related."@en
  • "Based on the true story of two brothers, Norman and Paul Maclean, growing up in Montana. While Paul rebels against the stern nature of the boys' father, Reverend Maclean, Norman pursues his dream of becoming a writer. Despite the brothers' differences they are ultimately bonded by their mutual love of fly fishing."
  • "Based on the true story of two brothers, Norman and Paul Maclean, growing up in Montana. While Paul rebels against the stern nature of the boys' father, Reverend Maclean, Norman pursues his dream of becoming a writer. Despite the brothers' differences they are ultimately bonded by their mutual love of fly fishing."@en
  • "Two young brothers growing up under the tutelage of their father who is a minister, but Paul the younger of the two leads a troubled life and runs out of second chances."@en
  • "Two young brothers growing up under the tutelage of their father who is a minister, but Paul the younger of the two leads a troubled life and runs out of second chances."
  • "Two brothers repeatedly turn to fly fishing and the Big Blackfoot River to bridge the gap in their troubled relationship."@en
  • "Life in the summer of 1937 for Norman Maclean, his brother Paul, and their minister father revolves around family and fly fishing."@en
  • "Collection of short stories."@en
  • "The story of the author's relationship with his father, a Presbyterian minister, and his brother, and a summer together spent fly fishing."@en
  • "Two brothers growing up in Missoula, Montana in the 1930s learn the art of fly fishing from their father. But one brother's life off the river is as fragmented and troubled as his life on the river is fluid and gracious. His older brother labors to save him before his art is only a memory."@en
  • "The Montana wilderness provides the backdrop for Norman Maclean's classic autobiography. Growing up, both Norman and his brother Paul, a daredevil driven to challenge the world, rebel against their stern minister father. While Norman channels his rebellion into writing, Paul descends a slippery path to self-destruction."@en

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  • "Fishing stories"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Downloadable audio books"
  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
  • "Short stories, American"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Autobiographical fiction"@en
  • "Bildungsromans"@en
  • "Audiobooks"
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  • "A river runs through it and other stories"
  • "A river runs through it and other stories"@en
  • "A river runs through it [audio cassette]"
  • "River runs through it and other stories"
  • "Norman Maclean reads three excerpts from A river runs through it and one excerpt from USFS 1919 ; Norman Maclean reads two excerpts from work in progress about the Mann Gulch forest fire of 1949"
  • "A river runs through it"@en
  • "A river runs through it"
  • "Norman MacLean reads "A river runs through it" and "USFS 1919" (short stories) ; Norman MacLean reads from work in progress about the Mann Gulch forest fire of 1949 : (posthumously published as Young men and fire)"@en
  • "A River Runs Through It & Other Stories"@en

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