Wilderness of Hope

Fly Fishing and Public Lands in the American West

Quinn Grover (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

248 Seiten

2019
University of Nebraska Press (Verlag)
978-1-4962-1180-4 (ISBN)

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Wilderness of Hope explores one fly angler’s relationship with the public lands and public waterways of the American West and how those public resources complicate and enrich a conception of wildness.

Longtime fly fisherman Quinn Grover had contemplated the “why” of his fishing identity before more recently becoming focused on the “how” of it. He realized he was a dedicated fly fisherman in large part because public lands and public waterways in the West made it possible. In Wilderness of Hope Grover recounts his fly-fishing experiences with a strong evocation of place, connecting those experiences to the ongoing national debate over public lands.

Because so much of America’s public lands are in the Intermountain West, this is where arguments about the use and limits of those lands rage the loudest. And those loudest in the debate often become caricatures: rural ranchers who hate the government; West Coast elites who don’t know the West outside Vail, Colorado; and energy and mining companies who extract from once-protected areas. These caricatures obscure the complexity of those who use public lands and what those lands mean to a wider population.

Although for Grover fishing is often an “escape” back to wildness, it is also a way to find a home in nature and recalibrate his interactions with other parts of his life as a father, son, husband, and citizen. Grover sees fly fishing on public waterways as a vehicle for interacting with nature that allows humans to inhabit nature rather than destroy or “preserve” it by keeping it entirely separate from human contact. These essays reflect on personal fishing experiences with a strong evocation of place and an attempt to understand humans’ relationship with water and public land in the American West.

Quinn Grover teaches English at Brigham Young University–Idaho. His work has been published in national fly-fishing magazines such as the Flyfish Journal, the Drake, and American Angler as well as literary outlets such as Newfound, Cirque, and Juxtaprose.

Acknowledgments

Prologue: First Fish

Part 1: Reassurance

Fridays

Wandering

Kissing, Telling, and Invisible Trout

Laid Off

Driving Conversations

Solo

The Case for Inefficiency

Home Waters

Hiking Conversations

Part 2: Reflection

Short Seasons

The Bank Grass

The Glimpse

Golden

Conversations with Grandpa

First Good Fish

Mistress

A One-Sided Conversation with a Brown Trout

The Big V

Part 3: Renewal

The Stump Ranch Fish

The Dark

Drakes

Wind, Rain, and Snow

Funeral

Fear

Fishing Conversations

Five Days in the Wilderness

Paige’s Trout

Epilogue: The Shallow End of a Nameless Lake

References

Erscheinungsdatum	07.03.2019
Reihe/Serie	Outdoor Lives
Verlagsort	Lincoln
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Angeln / Jagd
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4962-1180-4 / 1496211804
ISBN-13	978-1-4962-1180-4 / 9781496211804
Zustand	Neuware