Review:
Praise for "Travers Corners": "A collection of stories that present "a brilliant image of small-town life in Montana." --"Kirkus Reviews" .,.".this charming debut collection of stories. Waldie builds his tales around character, creating a small community of homespun folk who are quintessentially American and just a bit eccentric." --"Publishers Weekly" .,.".sheer heaven on a trout stream..." --Kirkus Reviews "This wonderful collection of Montana short stories made me want to drop everything and light out for Big Sky Country and never look back. Travers Corners is a terrific debut by a gifted writer, who gets the contemporary American West just exactly right on every page." --Howard Frank Mosher "The book has a little of the feel of T"he Last Picture Show," Waldie also manages a paradox, demonstrating that the decent, more-or-less ordinary people in this pretty nice place live lives of consequence, knit one to another by community, history, affection or animus. They matter." --"Fly Rod & Reel" "Visit Travers Corners for a good read; it's a town full of people worth knowing." ---EXPO Book Review, 1998 .,."a lovely tongue-in-cheek look at make-believe small-town America." --A"rizona Daily Star" "Like the characters he writes about, Waldie's pace is slow and deliberate, and he demonstrates why the journey is the destination. He leads the way to a tiny corner of the world where we can refresh ourselves and still make it home for dinner. Travers Corner is just such a place." --"Woodland Hills Daily News "(LA-circ. 118,495) "a shrewd eye for rural characters, the book may remind some readers of Winesburg, Ohio, Lake Wobegon Days, or A River RunsThrough It." --"Gazette, "Billings, MT "Scott Waldie has captured the essence of a small Montana town and the characters who live there. Written with warmth and wit, these stores will make you long for a second home like Travers Corners." --"Montana Outdoors" "Best of all, the warmth isn't sappy and the wit isn't just tinsel. Both are generated from a generous understanding of human nature." --"Montana Magazine"
About the Author:
SCOTT WALDIE, a river guide and fly-fishing outfitter for twenty years, lives in Sheridan, Montana. He is the author of Travers Corners and Return to Travers Corners. His work has appeared in Gray's Sporting Journal, Rod and Reel, Fly Fisherman, and Sporting Classics.
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