Jakey's Fork ~ A River's Journey
Richard Little's latest collection of stories from the road begins high in the Rockies. Rivers, blue traceries on a map, are pathways of history. What are their legacies? Hang out with Butch Cassidy, Sitting Bull, Teddy Roosevelt, and others to find out ... and consider legacies we might leave to others.
“Buckle your seatbelt, sit back, and enjoy Richard Little’s delightful travelogue following the course of a small creek called Jakey’s Fork. Fortunately for his readers, Little accomplishes his hope that, on this journey through the American West, he’d “find the sense of place, not just the place.” And we do, too, through his careful research, skillful storytelling, descriptions of geography, historical and cultural overviews, and a dash of humor. I might not ever get to Jakey’s Fork, but now I feel as though I’ve been there.”
-Iris Graville, author, Hiking Naked: A Quaker Woman’s Search for Balance.
”Richard Little’s “riverine fantasy” takes us from tiny Jakey’s Fork to the mighty Missouri with meanders into history, etymology and even paleontology. Sharp social observation and engaging historical anecdotes inform this eminently readable road trip memoir and capture the vivid texture of the American West.”
~ Marian Exall, author, A Splintered Step and others in the Sarah McKinney mystery series.
Richard Little's latest collection of stories from the road begins high in the Rockies. Rivers, blue traceries on a map, are pathways of history. What are their legacies? Hang out with Butch Cassidy, Sitting Bull, Teddy Roosevelt, and others to find out ... and consider legacies we might leave to others.
“Buckle your seatbelt, sit back, and enjoy Richard Little’s delightful travelogue following the course of a small creek called Jakey’s Fork. Fortunately for his readers, Little accomplishes his hope that, on this journey through the American West, he’d “find the sense of place, not just the place.” And we do, too, through his careful research, skillful storytelling, descriptions of geography, historical and cultural overviews, and a dash of humor. I might not ever get to Jakey’s Fork, but now I feel as though I’ve been there.”
-Iris Graville, author, Hiking Naked: A Quaker Woman’s Search for Balance.
”Richard Little’s “riverine fantasy” takes us from tiny Jakey’s Fork to the mighty Missouri with meanders into history, etymology and even paleontology. Sharp social observation and engaging historical anecdotes inform this eminently readable road trip memoir and capture the vivid texture of the American West.”
~ Marian Exall, author, A Splintered Step and others in the Sarah McKinney mystery series.
Richard Little's latest collection of stories from the road begins high in the Rockies. Rivers, blue traceries on a map, are pathways of history. What are their legacies? Hang out with Butch Cassidy, Sitting Bull, Teddy Roosevelt, and others to find out ... and consider legacies we might leave to others.
“Buckle your seatbelt, sit back, and enjoy Richard Little’s delightful travelogue following the course of a small creek called Jakey’s Fork. Fortunately for his readers, Little accomplishes his hope that, on this journey through the American West, he’d “find the sense of place, not just the place.” And we do, too, through his careful research, skillful storytelling, descriptions of geography, historical and cultural overviews, and a dash of humor. I might not ever get to Jakey’s Fork, but now I feel as though I’ve been there.”
-Iris Graville, author, Hiking Naked: A Quaker Woman’s Search for Balance.
”Richard Little’s “riverine fantasy” takes us from tiny Jakey’s Fork to the mighty Missouri with meanders into history, etymology and even paleontology. Sharp social observation and engaging historical anecdotes inform this eminently readable road trip memoir and capture the vivid texture of the American West.”
~ Marian Exall, author, A Splintered Step and others in the Sarah McKinney mystery series.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780999848203
ISBN-10: 0999848208
Publisher: Village Books
Publication Date: March 6th, 2018
Pages: 126
Language: English