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Crooked Creek
Author(s): Maximilian Werner (Author)
- Publisher: Torrey House Press
- Publication Date: 8 Jun. 2011
- Language: English
- Print length: 186 pages
- ISBN-10: 193722600X
- ISBN-13: 9781937226008
Book Description
Crooked Creek follows the lives and deaths of the Wood family. Having fled Arizona to escape involvement in the plunder and sale of stolen Native American antiquities, the family seeks support in Heber Valley, Utah. But from the moment Preston and Sara Wood ride into that seemingly idyllic valley, they learn that life there is not as it appears, and no matter how far they run they cannot escape the past. Crooked Creek is a warning to us all that we will live or die by virtue of the stories we tell about ourselves, the Earth, and our true place within the web of life.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Maximilian Werner is a fresh and grounded writer, a welcome and original new voice.”
–THOMAS MCGUANE, author of Driving on the Rim
“Here in the deep measured prose of Max Werner is a western story, harsh and lush as the old world it depicts. With its compelling, layered story, this rich book is a reader’s pleasure.”
–RON CARLSON, author of The Signal
“A haunting voyage into the past and into living landscapes sharpened by western light, resonating with the work of such authors as Cormac McCarthy and Wallace Stegner.”
–GEORGE HANDLEY, author of Home Waters: A Year of Recompenses on the Provo River
About the Author
Maximilian Werner is the author of the award-winning essay collection Black River Dreams, the novel Crooked Creek, the memoir Gravity Hill, the memoir/natural history Evolved, the essay collection The Bone Pile, and the book of poetry Cold Blessings. When he is not fly fishing on one of his favorite western waters, or wrist-deep in the garden dirt, or searching the wild places of Montana for wolves and grizzlies, he is at home writing or in the classroom teaching and trying to help humans live up to their potential as a species.
