By Mac Griffith
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Customer tags: humor, literary nonfiction, norman maclean, nature, literary fiction, fly fishing, camping, wendell berry, john gierach, outdoors, mark twain, mountains
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In this collection of Colorado high country tales, Griffith finds humor in some odd places, including hummingbirds that have lost interest in flowers, the theory of deep cleaning, and scientific advances in getting undressed. On his first camping trip, he pulls a gun to defend himself against his own eyelash. He finds that cowboys do not herd sheep; neither do cowboys flock their sheep; their role is to buy donuts for the sheep dog. Griffith puts a fourteen-thousand-foot roof over the entire state so that rich people and ice fishermen can listen to Beethoven together. He recounts the tragic tale of Mary’s possible death at the movies, along with an annual, barbaric holiday ritual in the high country. An experienced fly fisherman, he teaches the reader how to use roadside flares in this most esthetically refined of sports. He discusses how to buy happiness and how to get hot babes, two entirely unrelated subjects. [15K words]In this collection of Colorado high country tales, Griffith finds humor in some odd places, including hummingbirds that have lost interest in flowers, the theory of deep cleaning, and scientific advances in getting undressed. On his first camping trip, he pulls a gun to defend himself against his own eyelash. He finds that cowboys do not herd sheep; neither do cowboys flock their sheep; their role is to buy donuts for the sheep dog. Griffith puts a fourteen-thousand-foot roof over the entire state so that rich people and ice fishermen can listen to Beethoven together. He recounts the tragic tale of Mary’s possible death at the movies, along with an annual, barbaric holiday ritual in the high country. An experienced fly fisherman, he teaches the reader how to use roadside flares in this most esthetically refined of sports. He discusses how to buy happiness and how to get hot babes, two entirely unrelated subjects. [15K words] Read more
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