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Narrated by:
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Norman
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John Maclean
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By:
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Norman Maclean
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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In the spirit of his father's beloved classic, A River Runs through It, comes John N. Maclean’s true chronicle of his family and their bond with Montana's Blackfoot River - a profound and beautiful story about the power of place to bind generations, past and present.
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,752
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In A River Runs Through It, Norman Maclean claims that “in my family, there is no clear line between religion and fly-fishing.” Nor is there a clear line between family and fly-fishing. It is the one activity where brother can connect with brother and father with son, bridging troubled relationships at the junction of great trout rivers in western Montana. In Maclean’s autobiographical novella, it is the river that makes them realize that life continues and all things are related.
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- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 347
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 299
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 297
On August 5, 1949, a crew of 15 of the United States Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of these men were dead or mortally burned. Haunted by these deaths for 40 years, Norman Maclean puts back together the scattered pieces of the Mann Gulch tragedy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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By: Norman Maclean
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A River Runs Through It
- By: Norman Maclean
- Narrated by: Ivan Doig
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 936
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 771
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 770
A River Runs Through It is a universal story of family love and a lyrical masterpiece, as beautiful as the great trout rivers of western Montana upon which it is set. Its beauty is especially evident through the "near-perfect match" of reader Ivan Doig and author Norman MacLean.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lyrical - wonderfully done
- By John on 05-27-05
By: Norman Maclean
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All the Time in the World
- By: John Gierach
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story5 out of 5 stars 38
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- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 107
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 94
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Story5 out of 5 stars 92
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Critic reviews
"Wise, witty and wonderful, Maclean spins his tales." (Publishers Weekly)
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- Sara sanders
- 08-14-21
Great book for the lover of life
Takes to the river bank and into the mind of scholar, a lover of god and fish ! This captures the essence of life and fishing!
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- D.Streeter
- 10-22-20
interesting addition
If you have read/watched/listened to "A River Runs Through It", then this is a great, must have addition. I think they should sell together as a set.
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- 1withwings
- 08-25-23
Norman
This is so enlightening especially hearing from Norman and John! It’s nice to have their voices memorialized! 👍🏽🙏
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Helmars
- 04-04-03
Pieces of Maclean
A good listen for Norman Maclean fans. Assorted pieces from interviews, etc. Short and sweet.
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- Kathy F.
- 09-08-18
Wonderful
Norman McLean could write of rivers and fly fishing and life like no one else. A River Runs Through It is one of my favorite books, and this is a beautiful and touching sampling of some of it, interspersed with comments from his son John. Some people may be bothered by the "intermissions", but there are few sounds I love more than that of running water, and I felt it suited this work perfectly.
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- xiangyang zhao
- 04-14-25
Am thrilled to hear the master’s own voice reading my favorite book
Now with eyes closed, I can be Norman in heaven with a flying fishing rod in one hand and two-pound rain- bow trout in another, beaming
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- Lady Pamela
- 12-28-18
This Review Needs a Title...So....
Why did I spend good cash for this trash? It's a testimonial to the author's father, who made a book that I did not like much. Lucky for that family, it got made into a movie...which made it famous. Now, everybody is gaga over it. This testimonial started about fly fishing, a good subject. However, the (less than 1 hour long) audio book is at least 1/3 air and music. I felt so ripped off that I put it in the category of DBF (did not finish).
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Andrew
- 08-14-08
"On the Big Blackfoot"
If you have already listened to "A River Runs Through It" and are yearning for more. Do not waste your time or money. All it is is bits and pieces of A River Runs Through It highly condensed in put out for you to buy.
Not to discredit Norman McClean but this was a waste. I would hate to think if this were an abridged verson.
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