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The search for the genuine : nonfiction, 1970-2015 Cover Image Book Book

The search for the genuine : nonfiction, 1970-2015 / Jim Harrison ; with an introduction by Luis Alberto Urrea.

Harrison, Jim, 1937-2016 (author.). Urrea, Luis Alberto, (writer of supplementary textual content.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780802157218
  • ISBN: 0802157211
  • Physical Description: xx, 314 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Grove Press, 2022.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Published simultaneously in Canada"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
The man who ate books -- Dogs in the manger : on love, spirit, and literature -- Dog years : on hunting -- Michigan, Montana, and other sacred places -- The beginner : and other journalism -- Floating : on fishing, and on the water.
Summary, etc.:
"New York Times-bestselling author Jim Harrison (1937-2016) was a writer with a poet's economy of style and a trencherman's appetites. Best known for fiction and poetry, Harrison was also a prolific nonfiction writer, with columns running in Sports Illustrated and Esquire, and work in Outside, Field & Stream, and others. Written with Harrison's trademark ribald humor, compassion, and full-throated zest for life, The Search for the Genuine is a collection of pieces-from the near-classic to the never-published-that muse on everything from grouse hunting and ocean fishing to Zen Buddhism and matters of the spirit, as well as reporting on Yellowstone and shark-tagging in the open Atlantic, commentary on writers from Bukowski to Neruda to Peter Matthiessen, and a heartbreaking essay on life-and, for those attempting to cross in the ever-more-dangerous gaps, death-on the US-Mexico border. Written with Harrison's trademark humor, compassion, and full-throated zest for life, this chronicle of a modern bon vivant is a feast for fans who may think they know Harrison's nonfiction, from a true "American original" (San Francisco Chronicle)"-- Provided by publisher.

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Subject: American essays > 20th century.
American essays > 21st century.
Genre: Essays.

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  • 1 of 2 copies available at GRPL.

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Main 814.54 H246s (Text) 31307025248628 Non Fiction Checked out 07/12/2025
Main M 814.54 H246s (Text) 31307025484637 Grand Rapids History Center Available -
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