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Article: British Columbia former gillnetter makes a passionate plea for the Fraser.([ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Lost Coast Salmon, Memory and the Death of Wild Culture )(Brief article)(Book review)
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- January 1, 2008
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The Lost Coast Salmon, Memory and the Death of Wild Culture By Tim Bowling Nightwood Editions, 2007 Hardcover, 256 pp., $29.95 www.nightwoodeditions.com
Poet, three-time novelist and former fisherman Tim Bowling now dazzles readers with a heartfelt memoir of his home town, the Fraser River and the plight of wild British Columbia salmon.
The son of a salmon gillnetter, Bowling grew up in Ladner, British Columbia, fishing with his father. His memories of heading out on the F/V Rona with his dad are clear and crisp. Love of the water and of salmon netting clearly runs through his veins.
"The Lost Coast" is a ...