{"product_id":"the-search-for-the-genuine-nonfiction-1970-2015-9780802157218b","title":"The Search for the Genuine: Nonfiction, 1970-2015","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThe first general nonfiction title in thirty years from a giant of American letters, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Search for the Genuine\u003c\/span\u003e is a sparkling, definitive collection of Jim Harrison's essays and journalism--some never before published\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/span\u003ebestselling author Jim Harrison (1937-2016) was a writer with a poet's economy of style and a trencherman's appetites. Praised as a \"national treasure\" (\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/span\u003e) and published in twenty-seven languages, he was one of this country's most beloved and critically acclaimed authors. Best known for his poetry and fiction such as \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eLegends of the Fall, Dalva,\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eReturning to Earth\u003c\/span\u003e, Harrison was also a prolific nonfiction writer, with columns running in \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eEsquire\u003c\/span\u003e, and work in \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eOutside, Field \u0026amp; Stream\u003c\/span\u003e, and others. The first collection of Harrison's general nonfiction in thirty years, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Search for the Genuine\u003c\/span\u003e is a sparkling, definitive volume of essays and journalism--from the near-classic to the never-published.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith his trademark ribald humor, compassion, and full-throated zest for life, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Search for the Genuine\u003c\/span\u003e pays tribute to writers from Bukowski to Neruda to Peter Matthiessen, and examines the distance between literary reputation and the work itself; he attains something like satori in the field hunting grouse; he reports on Yellowstone for the park's hundredth anniversary, when he was merely a tourist to the part of Montana he would eventually call home; he takes to the open sea in pursuit of roosterfish, marlin, tarpon, and, once, to observe a scientific mission tagging sharks; he delivers a heartbreaking essay on life--and, for those attempting to cross in the ever-more dangerous gaps, death--on the US-Mexico border. Always he comes back to the spirit and to connection with the natural world and the people who sustained him; throughout the book his feeling for the American landscape rings out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLovingly introduced by acclaimed novelist, poet, and essayist Luis Alberto Urrea, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Search for the Genuine\u003c\/span\u003e is a feast that captures a lifetime of reading, writing, and living to the fullest, from a true \"American original\" (\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/span\u003e).","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":43002038288464,"sku":"9780802157218B","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-search-for-the-genuine-nonfiction-1970-2015-9780802157218b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}