Includes index

Prologue: On the big Blackfoot -- Two worlds, one cabin -- Unseen power -- When the mountains roared -- The river of the road to the buffalo -- "They were beautiful in life" -- "Paul! Paul!" -- A feel for greatness -- Fathers and sons -- A Don Mackey moment -- Epilogue: Home waters

"A universal story about the power of place to shape families: In the spirit of his father's beloved classic A River Runs Through It, comes John N. Maclean's meditation on fly fishing and life along Montana's Blackfoot River, where four generations of Macleans have fished, bonded, and drawn timeless lessons from its storied waters"--

Map on lining papers