MACLEAN, Norman.
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories.
"Happy Groundhog's Day": A River Runs Through It; Lengthily Inscribed by Norman Maclean
Chicago: The University of Chicago, 1976.
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Item Number: RRB-145808
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First edition, second printing of Maclean's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Feb. 2, 1977 (A birthday on Groundhogs Day) University of Chicago to John H. Shankes Happy Groundhog's Day Norman Maclean." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with light toning to the spine. Jacket photograph by Joel Snyder.
"[Maclean] would go to his grave secure in the knowledge that anyone who'd fished with a fly in the Rockies and read his novella on the how and why of it believed it to be the best such manual on the art ever written--a remarkable feat for a piece of prose that also stands as a masterwork in the art of tragic writing" (Philip Connors, The Nation). Adapted to the immensely successful film, directed by Robert Redford, starring Brad Pitt, Craig Sheffer and Tom Skerritt. It went on to win an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories.
$2,000.00
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