A big city boy with a university education, Jim Greer was haunted by the kind of dreams that afflict people like Thurber's Walter Mitty -- dreams of running away from respectable careers to live intensely, on the edge, by the sweat of your brow and the skin of your teeth. At age forty, Jim fled the conventional middle-class Denver life he believed was killing him to operate a guide and outfitting service on Colorado's Western Slope. Riding West is the story of his adventures. This is a unique and engaging look at the life ...
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A big city boy with a university education, Jim Greer was haunted by the kind of dreams that afflict people like Thurber's Walter Mitty -- dreams of running away from respectable careers to live intensely, on the edge, by the sweat of your brow and the skin of your teeth. At age forty, Jim fled the conventional middle-class Denver life he believed was killing him to operate a guide and outfitting service on Colorado's Western Slope. Riding West is the story of his adventures. This is a unique and engaging look at the life of a contemporary outfitter and will appear to those interested in fishing, big-game hunting, the American West, or to city slickers who want a taste of life in the great outdoors.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. CR2-A first printing hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by Charles Miller to previous owner and also SIGNED by Jim Greer on the front free endapper in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has wrinkling and crease on the edges, less than an inch tear on the front bottom left corner, scattered light scratches and rubbing, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, lightly bowed, some light stains on the page edges, previous owner's library seal emboss on the title page, light discoloration and shelf wear. Drawings by Scott Yeager. 9.5"x6.5", 216 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 232 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. (Signed) 1999 U Colorado Press HC/DJ 1st edition. inscribed by Greer on the front endpg; his email address added below in his hand. Book appears unread in immaculate dust jacket. Signed F/F
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