Stronghold: One Man's Quest to Save the World's Wild Salmon

Stronghold: One Man's Quest to Save the World's Wild Salmon

PNBA BESTSELLER â€¢ â€œA powerful and inspiring story. Guido Rahrâ€™s mission to save the wild Pacific salmon leads him into adventures that make for a breathtakingly exciting read.â€â€”Ian Frazier, author ofÂ Travels in Siberia

Editorsâ€™ Choice: The New York Times Book Review â€¢ Outside Magazine â€¢ National Book Review â€¢ Forbes

In the tradition of Mountains Beyond Mountains and The Orchid Thief, Stronghold is Tucker Malarkeyâ€™s eye-opening account ofÂ one of the worldâ€™s greatest fly fishermenÂ and his crusade to protect the worldâ€™s last bastion of wild salmon. From a young age, Guido Rahr was a misfit among his family and classmates, preferring to spend his time in the natural world.Â When the salmon runs of the Pacific Northwest began to decline, Guido was one of the few who understood why. As dams, industry, and climate change degraded the homes of these magnificent fish, Rahr saw that the salmon of the Pacific Rim were destined to go the way of their Atlantic brethren: near extinction.

An improbable and inspiring story, Stronghold takes us on a wild adventure, from Oregon to Alaska to one of the worldâ€™s last remaining salmon strongholds in the Russian Far East, a landscape of ecological richness and diversity that is rapidly being developed for oil, gas, minerals, and timber. Along the way, Rahr contends with scientists, conservationists, Russian oligarchs, corrupt officials, and unexpected allies in an attempt to secure a stronghold for the endangered salmon, an extraordinary keystone species whose demise would reverberate across the planet.

Tucker Malarkey, who joins Rahr in the Russian wilderness, has written a clarion call for a sustainable future, a remarkable work of natural history, and a riveting account of a species whose future is closely linked to our own.

Praise for Stronghold

â€œThis book isnâ€™t just about fish, itâ€™s about life itself and the fragile unseen threads that connect all creatures across this beleaguered orb we call home. Guido Rahrâ€™s quest to save the worldâ€™s wild salmon should serve as an inspirationâ€”and a provocationâ€”for us all, andÂ Tucker Malarkeyâ€™s exquisite book captures Rahrâ€™s weird and wonderful story with poignancy, humor, and grace.â€â€”Hampton Sides, author ofÂ In theÂ Kingdom of IceÂ andÂ Blood and Thunder

â€œA crazy-good, intensely lived book that reads like an international thrillerâ€”only itâ€™s our beloved salmon playing the part of diamonds or oil or gold.â€â€”David James Duncan, author ofÂ The River WhyÂ andÂ The Brothers K
Country USA
Brand Random House
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrations, unspecified
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2019-07-23
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781984801692

Country	USA
Brand	Random House
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrations, unspecified
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2019-07-23
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781984801692

Stronghold: One Man's Quest to Save the World's Wild Salmon

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