A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean

A River Runs Through It and Other Stories is a timeless American classic that blends memoir and fiction in a lyrical exploration of family, nature, and life in early 20th-century Montana. With fly fishing as its spiritual thread, Maclean’s stories move through logging camps, wildfire lines, and cold mountain streams—bringing a rugged landscape and its complex characters to life. This 25th anniversary edition features a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Proulx and honors the enduring power of Maclean’s prose, famously adapted into the 1992 film by Robert Redford. Why readers love it: Evocative stories rooted in the Rocky Mountains A powerful meditation on family, grief, and grace Maclean’s poetic, masterful style—often imitated, never matched Format: Softcover Pages: Approx. 230 A River Runs Through It is a story that resonates across generations—reminding us that some rivers, like some stories, run forever. About the Author: Norman Maclean (1902–1990) was a writer, scholar, and lifelong fly fisherman. Raised in Missoula, Montana, his summers logging and working for the U.S. Forest Service inspired his deeply personal stories. A longtime English professor at the University of Chicago, Maclean published his first fiction at 73. His posthumous work, Young Men and Fire, also became a bestseller, cementing his place as a literary voice of the American West.