Andy Russell's Campfire Stories - Rilegato

Russell, Andy

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ISBN 10: 077107882X ISBN 13: 9780771078828

Casa editrice: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 1999

Riassunto

“As the dark closes in and the fire settles down to a deep and warming glow, there’s no nightcap better than a good story well told.”

Andy Russell is a master storyteller, and this collection of new and previously published tales evokes as if by magic the irresistible allure of the campfire. It’s not hard to imagine the starry sky above and the sound of the pack horses as they sleepily crop the grass nearby.

Some of Andy’s tales are about his own youth. Others are part of western lore and the history of the west. Others concern those whose trails crossed his, or whose legends he heard over campfires long ago. Some of the stories dwell in the past, and others deal in the present. Some are about horses, grizzlies, owls, and other wildlife; some commemorate old mountain men or cunning city slickers.

What all these yarns have in common is the unique style of the most celebrated of all Canadian cowboys, the inimitable Andy Russell.

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Recensione:

“[Andy Russell’s] memories of life in the rural west are studded with lore and wisdom, tall tales and gentle humour. City slickers might feel they’re intruding around Andy’s campfire but he soon puts us all at our ease.”
–Toronto Life

“Imagine hearing the booming voice of this giant of a man, and start reading. You won’t want the night to end.”
–Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

L'autore:

Andy Russell, born in 1915, grew up on a ranch in the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains. He left high school in Lethbridge to head out to the Rockies as a trapper, then worked as a cowboy and ranch hand before becoming a trail guide. After thirty years of this, he began to photograph the wildlife around him, and to write about it. Soon he was a famous and best-selling author, with books such as Grizzly Country, Horns in the High Country, The High West, The Rockies, Memoirs of a Mountain Man, The Life of a River, and The Canadian Cowboy.

A member of the Order of Canada, the recipient of three honorary degrees, and an elected member of the Explorers Club, Andy Russell lives on a ranch bordering Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta.

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• Editore: McClelland & Stewart Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 077107882X
• ISBN 13: 9780771078828
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 317
• Disegnatore: Brestler Don