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The Quiet Mountains: A Ten-Year Search for the Last Wild Trout of Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental | 
 enlarge | Author: Rex Johnson Jr.
Creators: David Burckhalter, Joseph C. Wilder
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 805456
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 8.7 x 1
ISBN: 0826322735
Dewey Decimal Number: 799.1757097216
EAN: 9780826322739
ASIN: 0826322735
Publication Date: August 30, 2005
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Product Description
Readers who believe as Herman Melvilles Ishmael, that meditation and water are wedded for ever, will be entranced by Rex Johnson, Jr.s, account of his travels to the upper Bavispe River in Mexicos northern Sierra Madre. Combining travel observations, natural history, ethnography, ecology, and ichthyology, Johnsons narrative plunges the reader into a world that is so far from the twenty-first-century United States that it is difficult to believe how physically close the two countries actually are. Johnson goes in search of an ancient species of trout, the Bavispe, at least 3 million years old. It has been easier for the Bavispe to remain unchanged for millennia than for the human inhabitants of the Sierra Madre to endure for mere centuries. Johnson notes the areas Indian descendants are in the process of becoming modern, and the needs of the ancient trout, dependent on pure, unpolluted water, collide at times with the choices of people scratching out an existence in a challenging environment. The parallel stories from natural and human history are a central theme in Johnsons account of environmental change and its consequences, layered with the personal, contemplative meaning he finds in the quest for the seldom-seen fish.
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magic in a magical land October 21, 2005
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
small streams ... and desire ... to find something wild beyond boundries and borders .. If you fish to catch fish ... you will find this book strange .. but if you fish to step out side ...
into a wild .. place
this book might suggest it is possible.
A Refreshing Read August 18, 2005
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is a fascinating exploration of a relatively unknown region of two countries. A study in determination and patience, Johnson's writing sparkles like the clear rills, pools and falls that I thought were gone forever. A refuge for survivors, from the Apaches to the rancheros, parrots and "narcos" of today, this is another view of the region Cormac McKarthy calls "not for old men". Complimented with great photography.
South of the Border Trout July 24, 2005
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this book. While its topic is not exactly fishing, not exactly enviro, not exactly travel - Johnson mixes opinions, observations and facts on trout, politics, south west history, people, and a look at how one may live in a very elemental style. He writes well. I will read it again and the photos are fascinating. I hope Rex Johnson does more books as this, along with his guidebook on trout in southern new mexico, are very high quality........
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