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Travers Corners: The Final Chapters
[A collection of stories that present] "a brilliant image of smalltown life in Montana." -Kirkus Reviews
". . . this charming debut collection of stories. Waldie builds his tales around character, creating a small community of homespun folk who are quintessentially American and just a bit eccentric." -Publishers Weekly
". . . sheer heaven on a trout stream . . ." -Kirkus Reviews
Travers Corners, Montana, is not much more than Main Street. There's Ed's Garage and Filling Station; McCracken's General Store-still owned and run by Junior, the worst fisherman who ever lived to fish; the Tin Cup Bar and Cafe; Dolores's Beauty Parlor; and The Carrie Creek Boat Works and Guide Service, Judson C. Clark, proprietor.
And yet, Travers Corners is also much more than that main it's an outpost for all things wild and beautiful-rivers and creeks, wildlife, cattle ranches, glaciated benchlands sweeping into the timbered mountains. Travers is a fly-fishing paradise. And it is peopled with the same cast of "witty homespun characters" (Library Journal) as Waldie's first two books of stories, Travers Corners. In the final volume in the series, Waldie brings joy and tears, love and closure to the lives of the characters we've grown to know and care so much about.
The simplicity of the rural West beckons from every wisdom, trust, and good deeds, the loyalty of friends, the love of wild places, a respect for all living things-written with a wit that puts it all in perspective. The world would be a better place if we had all spent some time in Travers Corners.
". . . this charming debut collection of stories. Waldie builds his tales around character, creating a small community of homespun folk who are quintessentially American and just a bit eccentric." -Publishers Weekly
". . . sheer heaven on a trout stream . . ." -Kirkus Reviews
Travers Corners, Montana, is not much more than Main Street. There's Ed's Garage and Filling Station; McCracken's General Store-still owned and run by Junior, the worst fisherman who ever lived to fish; the Tin Cup Bar and Cafe; Dolores's Beauty Parlor; and The Carrie Creek Boat Works and Guide Service, Judson C. Clark, proprietor.
And yet, Travers Corners is also much more than that main it's an outpost for all things wild and beautiful-rivers and creeks, wildlife, cattle ranches, glaciated benchlands sweeping into the timbered mountains. Travers is a fly-fishing paradise. And it is peopled with the same cast of "witty homespun characters" (Library Journal) as Waldie's first two books of stories, Travers Corners. In the final volume in the series, Waldie brings joy and tears, love and closure to the lives of the characters we've grown to know and care so much about.
The simplicity of the rural West beckons from every wisdom, trust, and good deeds, the loyalty of friends, the love of wild places, a respect for all living things-written with a wit that puts it all in perspective. The world would be a better place if we had all spent some time in Travers Corners.
- GenresFiction
270 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 2005
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August 24, 2008
Hey, you can't beat fly fishing in Montana, small town life, and good friends!
April 19, 2022
Very good book.
September 8, 2010
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