{"product_id":"winter-creek-one-writers-natural-history-paperback","title":"Winter Creek: One Writer's Natural History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Daniel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe creek behind John Daniel's home in western Oregon disappears underground in the summer months. Using this creek as a metaphor, Daniel reflects on his own seasonal changes -- from days as a student on LSD, rock climber, logger, and railroad worker, to life as a writer attentive to the \"evidence of the unseen.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinter Creek\u003c\/em\u003e is John Daniel's disarmingly honest story of his restless, rootless, disaffected youth, looking for meaning in drugs and an active outdoor life in the West. From time spent fishing, climbing, and making a living logging--as well as through friendships with writers including William Stafford and Wallace Stegner--Daniel developed a personal and artistic ethos based on a long view of evolution and the glory of living with one's senses and an open mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel also speaks for the need to value small farmers and ranchers--\"authentic human communities\" that are as threatened as the plants and animals environmentalists strive to protect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Daniel's voice is] fresh, self-reflective, and free of cant ... shows considerable originality, force, and descriptive art.\" -- \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e on John Daniel's \u003cem\u003eThe Trail Home\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.98 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 04, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42156628410503,"sku":"9781571312662","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/efeb4f3e7edd8a026f6063160790eb48.webp?v=1733245043","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/winter-creek-one-writers-natural-history-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}