Craven Creek - by Walt Gasson (Paperback)

About the Book

Walt Gasson's collection of essays about life in the Green River country of Wyoming.

Book Synopsis

Walt Gasson can claim his spot among the best Western essayists of our time. His authentic style mixes grit with grace, faith with fortitude and family. Most importantly his pieces exude genuine love and respect-for people, traditions, Wyoming landscapes and the wild creatures we share open spaces with-and I think all of us, everywhere, can use a little more of that. Walt's writing voice is distinctive... earned... cultivated.

Along a little creek near the tiny community of Opal, Wyoming was the Gasson family sheep ranch. Neither the creek nor the ranch was much of a going concern. But from this place grew the rich stories of the men and women who pioneered the West. Walt Gasson continues the tradition of storytelling in this collection of essays about life in the Green River country.

Review Quotes

"With Craven Creek, Walt Gasson can claim his spot among the best Western essayists of our time. His authentic style mixes grit with grace, faith with fortitude and family. Most importantly his pieces exude genuine love and respect-for people, traditions, Wyoming landscapes and the wild creatures we share open spaces with-and I think all of us, everywhere, can use a little more of that. Walt's writing voice is distinctive... earned... cultivated. And this book has earned all the praise it is surely bound to receive."

Kirk Deeter is the Editor-in-Chief of TROUT magazine, a contributing editor for Field & Stream, and the author of nine books, including The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing.

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"The libraries of the nation are full of the "newcomers," those who discover the vagaries of backcountry living after a half-life in places of polarity, the vibrant cities, the black-soiled farms, the green dripping forests of other parts of this world. Even the greats like Leopold originated in places like Iowa. But Gasson, Gasson is pure Wyoming, all West, all the time. God bless Walt Gasson, God bless Wyoming and God bless the Gassons who still stand on the land that is Wyoming without apology in a full-throated sagebrush-scented shout of love for the place where they are and they will stay, wind at their backs, until the sun goes black."

Tom Reed is the author of Great Wyoming Bear Stories, Give Me Mountains For My Horses and Blue Lines, A Fishing Life. His latest work is the anthology, Mouthful of Feathers, Upland in America.