Robin Cody
Auteur de Ricochet River
A propos de l'auteur
Robin Cody was a teacher before he turned to writing. Cody has written about all aspects of the West, including its people and the culture. One of Cody's novel's, Ricochet River, a coming-of-age story set in the 60s, has found its way into a number of high schools and colleges, where it has afficher plus replaced A Separate Peace and Catcher in the Rye as required reading. Cody has also written the nonfiction book Voyage of a Summer Sun, an account of his solo canoe trip down the Columbia River. In 1986, Cody received the Western Writers of America's Silver Spur Award for nonfiction. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Robin Cody
Another Way the River Has: Taut True Tales from the Northwest (Northwest Readers) (2010) 15 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Prix et distinctions
- Western Writers of America Silver Spur Award
Membres
Critiques
Cody takes us on a meandering canoe journey from the source of the Columbia river to the sea. Somewhat dated and a little self-indulgent but still interesting. Sasquatch Books gets negative points for the book falling to pieces in my hands as I read it.
I bought this book expecting an adventure-on-the-river story, but it's so much more. As the author says, it's the story of the Columbia River, told while Mr. Cody is also describing his epic canoe trip from its source in Canada all the way to the Pacific. It is full of fascinating historical information, priceless conversations with locals, descriptions of the myriad of dams and the impact they have had on man and nature. Anyone who lives in Oregon/Washington will enjoy this book immensely, and I think it should be mandatory reading for area high school students.
My favorite line involves Cody's exchange with an elderly native woman, who recalled a time before the dams, before her people learned English. He repeatedly has to ask her how to pronounce their word for this river, and when he cannot reproduce the sounds she makes, he asks, 'How do you spell it?' She replies, 'We don't.'… (plus d'informations)
My favorite line involves Cody's exchange with an elderly native woman, who recalled a time before the dams, before her people learned English. He repeatedly has to ask her how to pronounce their word for this river, and when he cannot reproduce the sounds she makes, he asks, 'How do you spell it?' She replies, 'We don't.'… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 6
- Membres
- 198
- Popularité
- #110,929
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 13
This book covers local flavor, traditions, lifestyles, especially rural life in lower-elevation Oregon. The authors writing style exudes this local lifestyle nicely.