[Item #3834] Lost Salmon. Scott T. Starbuck.
Lost Salmon
Lost Salmon
Lost Salmon
Lost Salmon

Lost Salmon

ISBN: 9781936657230
Tillamook, OR: MoonPath Press, 2016. First Edition. Softcover. Inscribed at great length with drawings & signed by Scott T. Starbuck to Thomas Rain Crowe. "If you're a fisherman, then Scott Starbuck is your man. Whether far offshore in a troller or on land far beyond well-traveled roads, Starbuck, as our guide in Lost Salmon, takes us to places where there are 234 local shipwrecks, and trout are being roasted over coals. In poems that are 'an idea first/ rising from nothingness and ashes' or 'in a boat/ that almost sinks/ but doesn't,' he asks us to see landscape and seascape through his eyes. Eyes of a Bioregionalist, reminiscent of ecologian Thomas Berry, invite us to journey further." (Thomas Rain Crowe, quoted on back cover) A collection of poems by Scott T. Starbuck, an environmental activist, educator & among the foremost practitioners of "ecopoetry" in the tradition of Gary Snyder et al. With laudatory blurbs on back cover including by Thomas Rain Crowe (fully quoted above), the acclaimed poet & publisher who was at the center of the Baby Beat Generation/ Second San Francisco Renaissance during the 1970s (see our book, Starting from San Francisco, item No. 3071, Deluxe Edition No. 3075). Crowe, who was mentored by & collaborated with Snyder & others, shares Starbuck's bioregional philosophy & practice- they are truly kindred poetic spirits. Trade-format softcover original, first edition. Beginning on the shorter title page & continuing through title page, Starbuck has hand-written & signed an exceptionally long, affectionate & enthusiastic inscription, with charming drawings of fish & tackle at the beginning & end. Starbuck commends works by Crowe & Thomas Berry, indicates that he will incorporate them into his students' curriculum. At the end, he writes: "Thanks for being/ a great mentor in your/ emails and books./ (signed) Scott Starbuck (drawing of bait-tackle)." An essential Starbuck collectible with most significant association & provenance. In very fine condition with only a bit of rubbing to front, back covers & spine; very slight wear & a few tiny bumps at edges & corners of same. Interior very fine with only small-to-tiny bumps, creases at mostly lower corners of page leaves. Very Fine. [Item #3834]

Price: $30.00

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