Jiggers

by Todd Bruce

Winner of the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer (Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards).Todd Bruce ­mythologizes the life of Jiggers, an ­alcoholic anti-hero who ­performs his daily rituals with only barstools for pews, a skid row bar as his ­cathedral, and Mary, his lover, as his only witness."A poet of significant potential."--Books in Canada"Bruce has woven in an integrity that is above and beyond mere digression and randomness." --Prairie Fire

66 pages, Paperback

First published January 16, 1993

About the author

TODD BRUCE is a fly fisherman, backpacker, and true outdoorsman from Santa Cruz, California. Spurred by a passion of the outdoors, Bruce studied forestry at Humboldt State University. He began his career as a firefighter with the United State Forest Service, sparking a thirty-two-year career in the fire service before retiring at the rank of captain in 2011. In the summer of 2012, Bruce embarked on a trek of more than 300 miles through the Sierra Nevada high country. Nine Passes is the result of this journey.