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Regarding Chatham's forward, some of the reviewers are misquoting him and not understanding what he said. The statement was "...I made the decision to give up trout fishing".... "What Harry Middleton showed me is that if it isn't in your heart and soul, if the essential passion isn't there, don't bother". Chatham was simply saying that with his limited time, he had decided to devote himself to his real passion, steelhead. He had never been passionate about trout fishing, and so he was going to devote himself to flyfishing for what he was passionate about, steelhead. I think the problem for some is that they pick up this book expecting some light John Gierach reading (I love his stories, too) and find themselves knee-deep in the treacherous currents of philosophy, and are afraid they are going to fall-in. Yes, I did find it pedantic at times, but he is a master of atmospheric writing, and this seems fitting; a Southern tradition. The other great Southern tradition is the heritage of oral story-telling, and these stories would be even better read out loud. It is easy to imagine an old man sitting in the woods by a campfire weaving these tales into palpable imagery like my grandpa used to do. I find the book hard to categorize, but hard to put down for long. I look forward to reading his other books.


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The Earth Is Enough Growing Up in a World of Flyfishing Trout Old Men The Pruett Series Harry Middleton Russell Chatham 9780871088741 Books Reviews

Not sure how it took me this long to discover Middleton, but it was way too long. Could not put this one down, but I think I will need to read it a few more times to absorb all of its meaning. One thing for certain - this book sure got me calibrated! I wish I could thank him in person.
hands down middleton is a great of all time. you should check out his other works
This is a coming of age story with feelings of simple values and people that are treasures beyond dollar value.

If you are looking for a book on fly-fishing, the prevailing theme, this is not the one to instruct you. If you are looking for a book on the instructions on how to live a peaceful and healing life, try this for a mental bandaid.

But only read this if you love hunting dogs, the outdoors, and exceptional quirky characters who appreciate their habitat and and good fly rods.
I have read Harry Middleton's The Earth is Enough" seven times since 2001. Each time has brought me a much needed respite from our materialistic culture. I so appreciate the profound observations of Emerson & Albert, their dog Cody & Elias Wonder as they embrace their natural surroundings and ponder all that truly matters in this life. The love, humor and soul of these characters never fail to remind me that the earth truly is enough.
For years I have been trying to find a book that explains my passion for the outdoors. Behaviors I learned as an adult. Attracted to activities of the earth went unexplained by other participants, but Middleton hit the nail on the head! The Earth is Enough captured my lust and showed me why I feel the way I do.
This book is hardly a "how to" fly-fishing or turkey hunting book, but a vivid portrayal of mans connection to his own internal compass using his relationship with the earth as his guide!
I'm speechless, and enamored by his words.
This is the book that defines Harry Middleton. Unfortunately he didn't lived long enough to produce something as big and incredibly valuable as this book. It gives a vivid image of his childhood, and how a group of strange characters that shared the same passion for fly fishing , rescued him of what could have been a spoiled youth. Love for the simple but important things in life is the main idea here. You don't need and afterlife for being happy. The earth is enough!!! The image of those old men, at night, over the roof of their house to see the annual migration of geese had a profound and longstanding impression on me. Since that, I alway try to follow my passions that way. You need to read this book. Is a masterpiece.
In the preface to a later book, the late Harry Middleton said he was asked by an young student how much of this books were true. His answer was, "More than I want."
This is the story of a young boy growing up in a military family, stationed at a staging area during the Vietnam War. When one of his friends is killed - and Harry badly injured - playing with a grenade they found in the jungle, Harry is packed off to his grandfather, a subsistence farmer in the Ozarks of Arkansas. There, with his grandfather, granduncle and the old American Indian, Elias Wonder, Harry is healed, not just of the trauma of seeing his friend disappear in a "pink mist" but healed as well of a great deal of other things he may not have known ailed him.
As Harry learns the rhythms of the land and the mysteries of Starlight Creek from his grandfather and the irascible Elias Wonder, he grows and the reader grows with him. Like David James Duncan's _The River Why_, this is a book about growing up and coming of age, and flyfishing - that "hopeless addiction to trout and the push of water against your legs" - is simply the author's narrative tool.
Harry must have been a more patient and willing teenager than I was, or perhaps time has colored over Harry's experience, but there is nothing else to criticize. Beautifully written, exceptionally well told, full of life, sadness, humor, death and understanding.
And if flyfishing became an addiction for Harry, that was to haunt him in his later years, well, he was warned and in any event there are far worse fates.
Regarding Chatham's forward, some of the reviewers are misquoting him and not understanding what he said. The statement was "...I made the decision to give up trout fishing".... "What Harry Middleton showed me is that if it isn't in your heart and soul, if the essential passion isn't there, don't bother". Chatham was simply saying that with his limited time, he had decided to devote himself to his real passion, steelhead. He had never been passionate about trout fishing, and so he was going to devote himself to flyfishing for what he was passionate about, steelhead. I think the problem for some is that they pick up this book expecting some light John Gierach reading (I love his stories, too) and find themselves knee-deep in the treacherous currents of philosophy, and are afraid they are going to fall-in. Yes, I did find it pedantic at times, but he is a master of atmospheric writing, and this seems fitting; a Southern tradition. The other great Southern tradition is the heritage of oral story-telling, and these stories would be even better read out loud. It is easy to imagine an old man sitting in the woods by a campfire weaving these tales into palpable imagery like my grandpa used to do. I find the book hard to categorize, but hard to put down for long. I look forward to reading his other books.