Stronghold
One man's quest to save the world's wild salmon - before it's too late
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
3 December 2019
Summary
Stronghold is Tucker Malarkey’s enthralling account of an unlikely visionary, Guido Rahr, and his crusade to protect the world’s last bastion of wild salmon.
One of the most determined creatures on earth, salmon have succeeded in returning from the sea to their birth rivers to spawn for hundreds of thousands of years—no matter what the obstacles. But our steady incursions into their habitats mean increasingly few are making it, pushing these fish to near extinction.
In this im…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780724010 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1780724012 |
| Author: | Tucker Malarkey |
| Publisher: | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Short Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 3 December 2019 |
| Weight: | 546g |
| Dimensions: | 220mm x 140mm x 38mm |
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Critics Review
An astonishing story, grippingly told.
The Melvillian showdown between this extraordinary man and his equally extraordinary quarry forms the climax of Stronghold. Rahr’s passion for salmon is contagious, and Malarkey channels it well…[she] is a novelist by trade, and it shows. * New York Times *
About The Author
Tucker Malarkey
Tucker Malarkey spent four years working on the foreign desk of The Washington Post and then with columnist Haynes Johnson on the book Sleepwalking Through History, a bestselling account of the Reagan years. She is the author of the novels An Obvious Enchantment and Resurrection. She has taught writing workshops in schools around Portland and was a founding editor of Tin House magazine, a literary journal based in Portland and New York.
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