Travers Corners: The Final Chapters

Travers Corners: The Final Chapters by Waldie, Scott. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781592285747.

[A collection of stories that present] "a brilliant image of smalltown life in Montana." -Kirkus Reviews ". . . this charming debut collection of stories. Waldie builds his tales around character, creating a small community of homespun folk who are quintessentially American and just a bit eccentric." -Publishers Weekly ". . . sheer heaven on a trout stream . . ." -Kirkus Reviews Travers Corners, Montana, is not much more than Main Street. Theres Eds Garage and Filling Station; McCrackens General Store-still owned and run by Junior, the worst fisherman who ever lived to fish; the Tin Cup Bar and Cafe; Doloress Beauty Parlor; and The Carrie Creek Boat Works and Guide Service, Judson C. Clark, proprietor. And yet, Travers Corners is also much more than that main street: its an outpost for all things wild and beautiful-rivers and creeks, wildlife, cattle ranches, glaciated benchlands sweeping into the timbered mountains. Travers is a fly-fishing paradise. And it is peopled with the same cast of "witty homespun characters" (Library Journal) as Waldies first two books of stories, Travers Corners. In the final volume in the series, Waldie brings joy and tears, love and closure to the lives of the characters weve grown to know and care so much about. The simplicity of the rural West beckons from every tale: wisdom, trust, and good deeds, the loyalty of friends, the love of wild places, a respect for all living things-written with a wit that puts it all in perspective. The world would be a better place if we had all spent some time in Travers Corners.