Author: Ted Merrill & Bill Merrill. Published by Ted Merrill & Bill Merrill, 2002, 1st Edition. (2005 3rd Printing Revised) FLAT SIGNED by both the Authors on the title page, and then Signed and Dedicated again by Bill Merrill. Printed in Canada by Firgrove Publishing, Duncan, BC.. Almost New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with minor cover wear. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 8.5 X 5.5 inch, 180 pages.
RIVER RUNTS, Memoirs by Ted Merrill & Bill Merrill, is an engaging and unique memoir, told with a wry wit by two brothers now in their eighties.
Living in a small Idaho town, their schoolteacher father had summers free, and these stories tell of the authors' growing up years camping and fishing on Idaho's Wood River and Salmon River for two to three months each summer. The book paints a picture of a close and funtional family, and touches on parenting, history, and society. It appears on the surface as isolated vignettes of treasured places and events, but on a deeper level it shows an orderly progression of lessons learned and skills gained, of cultures and values being passed on--and the passing of an era on our planet.
