To know a river

TO KNOW A RIVER: A HAIG-BROWN ANTHOLOGY Valerie Haig-Brown, Editor

Synopsis: A remarkable anthology of one of our sport's most legendary figures. With essays from A River Never Sleeps, Fisherman's Winter, Spring, Summer & Fall, Measure of the Year, Return to the River, and Western Angler, those who know his work will embrace this volume as a return to a long absent friend. Decorative line art; 6x9 inches, 352 pages.

More Information: A glorious anthology of selected works by the greatest of all river muses, Roderick L. Haig-Brown.

REVIEWS “Not since Walton has there been a writer who can describe the joys of fishing as does Roderick Haig-Brown.” —The Boston Post

“Mr. Haig-Brown is not only a naturalist of obvious authority, but the master of sinewy prose.” —The New Yorker

EXCERPT “A river is water is in its loveliest form; rivers have life and sound and movement and infinity of variation; rivers are veins of the earth through which the life blood returns to the heart.”

So writes Roderick Haig-Brown in his seminal piece, To Know a River, that begins this remarkable anthology of his work. Introduction by Thomas McGuane.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Roderick L. Haig-Brown was born in England but lived all of his adult life on Vancouver Island, along the banks of the Campbell River.

ABOUT THE EDITOR Valerie Haig-Brown is Roderick Haig-Brown’s eldest daughter. She is an editor and lives on the edge of the Rockies in southwestern Alberta.