{"product_id":"the-names-of-the-stars-a-life-in-the-wilds-paperback","title":"The Names of the Stars: A Life in the Wilds - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePete Fromm\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2016 Montana Book Award Honor Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Author of \u003ci\u003eIndian Creek Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e and the Winner of Five PNBA Awards, Pete Fromm's New Memoir Sees His Return to the Wilderness to Explore a Life Lived in the Wilds.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty-five years after his beloved memoir \u003ci\u003eIndian Creek Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e, Pete Fromm was asked to return to the wilderness to babysit more fish eggs. No longer a footloose twenty-year-old, at forty-five, he was the father of two young sons. He left again, alone, straight into the heart of Montana's Bob Marshall Wilderness, walking a daily ten-mile loop to his fish eggs through deer and elk and the highest density of grizzly bears in the lower forty-eight states. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Names of the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e is a trek through a life lived at its edges. From loon calls echoing across Northwood lakes to the grim realities of lifeguarding in the Nevada desert, through the isolation of Indian Creek and years spent running the Snake and Rio Grande as a river ranger, Pete seeks out the source of his passion for wildness, while exploring fatherhood and mortality and all the costs, risks, and rewards of life lived on its own terms.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePETE FROMM is a five time winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award for his novels \u003ci\u003eIf Not For This\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAs Cool as I Am\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHow All This Started\u003c\/i\u003e, his story collection \u003ci\u003eDry Rain\u003c\/i\u003e, and the memoir \u003ci\u003eIndian Creek Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e. The film of\u003ci\u003e As Cool as I Am\u003c\/i\u003e was released in 2013. He is also the author of four other story collections and has published over two hundred stories in magazines. He is on the faculty of Oregon's Pacific University's Low-Residency MFA Program and lives in Montana. His second memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Names of the Stars: A Life in the Wilds \u003c\/i\u003ewas named an Honor Book in the 2016 Montana Book Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772581151008,"sku":"9781250139191","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/62352f478970716eca12daca6dbb9022.webp?v=1780408834","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-names-of-the-stars-a-life-in-the-wilds-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}