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The Brennen Siding Trilogy
Contributor(s): Curtis, Herb (Author)
ISBN: 0864921934     ISBN-13: 9780864921932
Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
OUR PRICE:   $22.46  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: September 1997
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Humorous - General
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 1.76" H x 5.64" W x 8.47" (2.11 lbs) 791 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Canadian
- Geographic Orientation - New Brunswick
 
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Publisher Description:

The complete Brennen Siding Trilogy is now available in a single volume. Brennen Siding, a hamlet on a small tributary of the famous Miramichi River, is home to an unforgettable crew -- Dryfly and Palidin Ramsey and Dry's friend Shadrack Nash; Shirley Ramsey, Dry and Pal's homely, destitute mother, and Nutbeam, the floppy-eared hermit she marries; the American sports who come to the Cabbage Island Salmon Club to fish; and the "lads" who guide them.

Dry, Shad and Pal, young teenagers in The Americans Are Coming, make some headway into maturity in The Last Tasmanian. By the end of The Lone Angler, when Palidin realizes what will happen to his beloved Atlantic salmon if he sells his secret of catching a fish on every cast, all three have launched themselves into adulthood. The boys' adventures gently lead the reader to reflect on the nature of humans and the place of humans in nature. Running through it all is the magical, mysterious river and the legendary Atlantic salmon.

The Last Tasmanian won the 1992 Thomas Raddall Award and was a finalist for a Commonwealth Book Prize. The Americans Are Coming is a successful stage play.

Contributor Bio(s): Curtis, Herb: - Herb Curtis was raised near Blackville, on the Miramichi, and now lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick. His collection of short fiction, Luther Corhern's Salmon Camp Chronicles (1999), was nominated for the Stephen Leacock Award. The Last Tasmanian (1991, 2001), one of four novels, garnered the Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and was a regional finalist for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.