Adios Amigos

Tales of Sustenance and Purification in the American West

Page Stegner

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Counterpoint
15 September 2009

Limnology (freshwater); The natural world, country life & pets; Freshwater life; The Earth: natural history general

In this free–spirited collection of essays, Page Stegner weaves natural history, conservation polemic, ecology, and wilderness adventures on a number of the West's major white–water rivers. Stegner moves effortlessly from his own experiences on the Colorado, Yampa, Green, San Juan, Dolores, and Missouri rivers to first explorations by historical figures such as Lewis and Clark and John Wesley Powell, to modern controversies that threaten the continued unspoiled isolation of these special places.

From its opening essay — recalling a hilarious, albeit hazardous, journey down the Owyhee River in southeastern Oregon — to the final episode on Lake Powell, Stegner's narrative is rich in vivid detail, laced with sardonic humor, and always grounded in a passion for the West — both its past and the promise of its future.

By: Page Stegner
Imprint: Counterpoint
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9781582435374
ISBN 10: 1582435375
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 15 September 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Inactive

Stuart Page Stegner is the son of novelist Wallace Stegner. He was a novelist, essayist, and historian who wrote extensively about the American West.

Reviews for Adios Amigos: Tales of Sustenance and Purification in the American West

""Each blistering chronicle of a cathartically death–defying river journey in a heartbreakingly beautiful or bruised place is an occasion for brusque history lessons, self–deprecating hilarity, and flinty ruminations on our abuse of western lands . . . this rapids rider dispenses tonic straight talk and irreverent humor from the eco–front."" —Booklist