{"product_id":"rolling-back-the-river-9780811777865","title":"Rolling Back the River","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRolling Back the River\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical and unflinching journey through wild streams, wild hearts, and the wilderness of loss. With humor, heart, and hard-earned wisdom, Paul Guernsey reminds us that the rivers we love-and the lives we build-can never flow backward.\" -Joshua Caldwell, fly fisher, director of the feature film \u003ci\u003eMending the Line\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhile fly-fishing on a remote river in southern Argentina, a veteran outdoor writer from Maine finds himself swept into a cascade of bizarre events, all connected to an enigmatic, billionaire environmentalist and his cosmopolitan twin nieces.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVincent Mapp, former adventure-traveling editor-in-chief for an international fly-fishing magazine, now leads a life centered around teaching at a small Maine environmental college and obsessively fishing his home waters for just about anything that swims. But after his wife of many years abruptly upends his world by ditching him for someone who doesn't fish all the time, Vincent decides to accept one last far-flung assignment as a fly-fishing journalist, and he heads off to Patagonia with the goal of catching some of the few remaining, fast disappearing, Argentinian landlocked salmon-all of which are descended from fish originally introduced to Argentina from Maine. Even at the literal end of the earth, however, and exploring an enchanted landscape of devastating beauty, Vincent finds himself unable to avoid conflict. He arrives at an isolated ranch on the Perca River just as a mysterious predator has begun attacking pets and livestock-and it's not long before he experiences his own terrifying nighttime run-in with the creature. He also discovers that the reclusive American owner of an adjacent ranch-multi-billionaire wildlife conservationist and avid fly-angler J.T. Allman-has been commissioning some unsettling environmental experiments on his vast property. One serious complication in Vincent's attempts to get to the bottom of all the strangeness: Allman holds a simmering 20-year-old grudge against him for events connected to his time as a magazine editor. Turbulent waters become increasing treacherous after Allman's cultured, equestrian, and attractive twin nieces, unaware of their elderly uncle's animosity toward Vincent, invite him to a bizarre festival on the grounds of the Allman estate. Through it all, Vincent and his faithful fishing guide, Sancho Nelson, try very hard to catch some salmon.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-137141\"\u003ePaul Guernsey\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stackpole Books Gpq\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811777865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811777863\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC038000\"\u003eSports\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC067000\"\u003eAnimals\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC077000\"\u003eNature \u0026amp; the Environment\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe former editor and associate publisher of \u003ci\u003eFly Rod \u0026amp; Reel \u003c\/i\u003eMagazine, \u003cb\u003e Paul Guernsey\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning novelist as well as a non-fiction author. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBeyond Catch \u0026amp; Release: Exploring the Future Of Fly Fishing, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2018 Maine Book Award in the speculative fiction category. He also wrote the foreword to Ted Williams' book, \u003ci\u003eSomething's Fishy: An Angler's Look at Our Distressed Gamefish and Their Waters. Rolling Back the River \u003c\/i\u003eis his fourth novel\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives and fishes in Maine. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stackpole Books Gpq","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52745860383019,"sku":"9780811777865","price":26.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0884\/7966\/2379\/files\/img_5dd92f67-9a52-44b4-8df6-5bf8266d1969.jpg?v=1773418247","url":"https:\/\/www.txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/rolling-back-the-river-9780811777865","provider":"TX CorrectionsBookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}