Kenny salwey the last river rat

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Kenny salwey the last river rat: Kenny Salwey is a modern-day American

Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews. Rebecca Burke. Author 11 books 7 followers. If you have no experience of growing up on and around rivers, you may not grok this small masterpiece of nature writing. And that's a shame for you in re: your impoverished life. Those of us who know, or used to know, a lot about rivers have probably run into folks like Kenny Salwey, the hero in this book.

He and his kind believe the term "River Rat" is an honorific. I do too, even more so after devouring this wonderful book. The Last River Rat is a pure joy to read, funny as hell in places, but also a book that requires a few tissues close at hand are there any nature stories worth their salt that don't eventually tear your heart out?

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I grew up wandering the Loess Hills around the Missouri and fishing there and in the Sioux rivers and tributaries with my outdoorsman father. Exploring, mushrooming, swimming off sandbars, building a million-and-one forts and treehouses. This book brought back so many memories, good and bad the two constants of any outdoor excursion, the bad mostly coming from freezing, broiling or insect bites.

If you are lucky enough to be given an orientation to nature when you are young, you will not be able to resist this book. If you are unlucky enough to have been deprived of that experience, this book will help give you an idea of what you have missed. It is rich with fine prose, excellent stories, and a remarkable man's philosophy about what it is going to take for us to save our wild places.

I loved this book. A story of a man who lives off the land around the swamps of the Mississippi River, near where we live right now. The person who wrote it is a friend of Kenny, and they go on various adventures together, hunting for sorel mushrooms, getting stuck in Mississippi black mud, trout fishing, trapping, and ginseng digging.

I learned a lot about the nature of this area and loved hearing of the adventures and the different life of someone who grew up so close to nature.

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They discuss how to skin animals, and how to cut the meat. Passing the Flame The Marsh Shack. For thirty years, this weathered woodsman eked out a living on the Mississippi River, running a trapline, hiring out as a river guide, digging and selling roots and herbs, and eating the food he hunted and fished. Today, Salwey is a master storyteller, environmental educator, keynote speaker, nature writer, and advocate for the Upper Mississippi River.

He has presented his true-life adventures and words of natural world wisdom to both adult and young audiences across the Upper Midwest. By sharing his hard-learned experiences, his respect for the Mississippi River, and his love of the natural world, Salwey hopes to inspire his audiences to protect this precious and fragile ecosystem.

He was born in Madison, WI, where he grew up loving the outdoors, hunting, and fishing. After graduating from Winona State University, he taught English in secondary schools for four years before he decided to pursue his dream of writing. He is now a full time writer for a variety of magazines.