The Run to Gitche Gumee: A Novel

Description

It's 1950, and Ben and Harry, two young men from Wisconsin, know their fun is about to come to an end. Ben will soon depart for the war in Korea while Harry will hit the books as a college freshman. They decide to end the summer on a high note with what will certainly be an adventurous canoe trip to Lake Superior, known to the Chippewa as Gitche Gumee. They fish, hunt, and explore as they did when they were younger, but soon realize that their friendship--and the river--is not as they remember it.

Robert F. Jones was a novelist, contributing editor to Men's Journal, and writer for Sports Illustrated and Field & Stream. In addition to Blood Sport, he authored multiple other works of fiction and nonfiction, among them the award-winning Jake and Upland Passage. He spent much of his life in western Vermont.

"Jones provides lavish descriptions of the natural world and pays witness to man's ever-growing distance from it." -Publishers Weekly "A stunner, a remarkable tale of high adventure in a style so readable and fun that I couldn't put it down." -Elmore Leonard "Jones provides lavish descriptions of the natural world and pays witness to man's ever-growing distance from it." -Publishers Weekly "A stunner, a remarkable tale of high adventure in a style so readable and fun that I couldn't put it down." -Elmore Leonard