- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Voyageur Press; 1 edition (Dec 31 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0896586499
- ISBN-13: 978-0896586499
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.5 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,001,787 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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LaCrosse Tribune, Jan. 15, 2006
“If you crossed Henry David Thoreau with Baxter Black, you might come up with someone pretty close to Kenny Salwey. His book is an eclectic mix of autobiography, natural philosophy, poetry and even a recipe.”
MN History Magazine,Fall 2006
“Through his example, the ‘Woodsman of the Mississippi Backwaters’ teaches how to observe, respect, and learn from nature.”
Outdoor News, Dec. 9, 2005 (circ.: 32,000)
“Perusing Salwey’s words brings to mind the great natural history writers of American literature.”
Leader-Telegram (Eau Claire, WI), Dec. 9, 2005 (circ.: 27,000; website)
“He is a natural storyteller and a good observer of details that give life to the story.”
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Kenny Salwey, the legendary Last River Rat and famed storyteller, presents a new collection of ""rat tales,"" sure to delight, inform, and entertain. A modern-day American hermit who has lived most of his life in the Mississippi river bottoms, Kenny knows the river ecosystem with an intimacy unavailable to most. Here, he shares his love of, and knowledge about, the mighty river. Read through the pages of "Kenny Salwey’s Tales of a River Rat," and you’ll gain a new perspective on what it means to live with the rhythms of nature. Known as the Woodsman of the Mississippi Backwaters—he’s a hunter, trapper, outdoor guide, and self-sufficient woodsman—Kenny Salwey is said to have cut his milk teeth on a canoe paddle and seasoned it with Mississippi mud. He’s a Mississippi River guide for hunting, fishing, and nature watching; a storyteller; an instructor on environmental education; and a keynote speaker.
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Tales of a River Rat, May 1 2006
By LaVerne C. Paulson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Kenny Salwey's Tales of a River Rat: Adventures Along The Wild Mississippi (Hardcover)
An excellent sequel to The Last River Rat. Kenny tells tales and spins yarns that make you want to read much more. Each story tells not only of life along and on the River in Kenny's own words, but how these experiences have shaped his life. He then uses these lessons to teach us how precious life is, be it the short life of a brown trout, a hunting dog, or a squirrel named Dusky. There is plenty of humor in this book, but interwoven with that are stories of life that cause us to stop and say to ourselves, "These are some powerful lessons to be learned. " Kenny has given many people a different outlook concerning nature itself, life in the swamp, and growing up in a time that was much less complicated. Sometimes we just have to stop and smell the skunk cabbage.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Great, Mar 15 2006
By T. Stevens - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Kenny Salwey's Tales of a River Rat: Adventures Along The Wild Mississippi (Hardcover)
We live in the area and found the stories to be very interesting. It gave us a whole new outlook on where we live. Wonderfully told story.
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I like Kenny's stories, Sep 13 2009
By Richard Holland - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Kenny Salwey's Tales of a River Rat: Adventures Along The Wild Mississippi (Hardcover)
I felt the book was interesting in that Kenny talks about conservation in a simple manner. He is an excellent story teller. The book also gives interesting insights into how people made a living along the Mississippi in earlier times.
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