Jerusalem Creek: Journeys Into Driftless Country Hardcover - 2002

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Every existence has its pulse points, writes Ted Leeson in this brilliant new book, those places where life rises somehow closer to the surface and makes itself more keenly felt. Spring creeks have been mine. Jerusalem Creek is an exploration into the unique landscape and of the driftless area of Wisconsin. Left untouched by a succession of glaciers that continually reshaped the surrounding territory, the driftless area slowly weathered into a region of hundreds of narrow valleys carved by hundreds of small spring creeks that, taken together, make up ten thousand square miles of trout country. But for all its size, the driftless country is a geography of small concealments - of coves and hollows, oak groves and shady bends, winding brooks and trout: It is not a landscape that you hike up, or climb down into, or stand out looking upon; it is one that you slip inside of, and this book presents the view from within. From the rumour of an old fishing log that first sends him into driftless country in search of trout, to a recognition of the loss and compromise that lie at the heart of many landscapes and many lives, Leeson reflects on waters and people - and the nature of his

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