Norman MacLean: A Life of Letters and Rivers by McCarthy, Rebecca

Norman MacLean: A Life of Letters and Rivers

A River Runs Through It and Other Stories turned Norman Maclean into a late-in-life literary phenomenon and...
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Author: Rebecca McCarthy
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Norman MacLean: A Life of Letters and Rivers by McCarthy, Rebecca

Norman MacLean: A Life of Letters and Rivers

$67.83

Norman MacLean: A Life of Letters and Rivers

$67.83
Author: Rebecca McCarthy
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

A River Runs Through It and Other Stories turned Norman Maclean into a late-in-life literary phenomenon and then a household name after the success of the Hollywood film based on the title story. Yet fewer know of Maclean's lifelong struggles to reconcile very different parts of himself: the revered teacher and writer in the intellectual hub of Chicago and the Montana man compelled by the wildness and traumas of his home state and family, including the tragic Mann Gulch fire and the murder of his brother.

Rebecca McCarthy's intimate portrait of Maclean draws on her long friendship with the author from the time she became a student at the University of Chicago through the rest of his life. Irrepressible as a teacher, Maclean shared guidance, advice, campus and city rambles, and loyal friendship with generations of students. Behind the scenes, he honed an art as meditative and patient as his approach to fly fishing. McCarthy's experiences intertwine with stories from friends, family, colleagues, and others to detail an incredibly rich life that seemed destined to remain divided--until the creation of his classic American story.

A vivid evocation of an iconic figure, Norman Maclean reveals the forces and events that shaped the author-educator and formed the bedrock of his beloved stories.



Author: Rebecca McCarthy
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 05/14/2024
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780295752488

About the Author

Rebecca McCarthy is a writer who spent twenty-one years as an award-winning reporter at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Her work has been published in the New York Times, the American Scholar, Fast Company, and other venues.


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