Utah State University Press, 2005 eISBN: 978-0-87421-513-7 | Paper: 978-0-87421-615-8 Library of Congress Classification PS3623.I6625H43 2005 Dewey Decimal Classification 813.6
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ABOUT THIS BOOK A cougar attacks a jogger in the suburbs of a Western city. Charlie Sayers, a wildlife biologist facing retirement, is drawninto the search for the lion. He gets caught up in the conflict between wildlife habitat and an increasingly developed environment as, teetering between crisis and farce, he tries to piece together the puzzle of his own life.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Andrew Wingfield grew up in northern California and now lives in Alexandria, Virginia. He is on the faculty of New Century College, the integrative studies program at George Mason University. He writes and teaches to better understand how people and places shape each other. His work has appeared in Wild Earth, The Antioch Review, Terrain, ISLE, and other magazines.
REVIEWS
Hear Him Roar introduces a gifted and terribly smart new writer from the West. If Andrew Wingfield keeps making novels this good, we've got a worthy successor to Wallace Stegner and a good nephew of Edward Abbey, Joan Didion, and James Houston. —Alan Cheuse, book commentator National Public Radio's All Things Considered
I much admire what Andrew Wingfield has achieved in this fine first novel, the engaging voice, the mature vision. Charlie Sayers seems to have no answer to the riddle of his life—until the mystery of wild creatures touches him profoundly and guides him toward a new beginning. This is a story told with both art and wisdom. —James D. Houston, author of Snow Mountain Passage
A convincing voice, convincingly thrown; young Andres Wingfield makes the aging Charlie Sayers "roar." This tale of death and regeneration compels our breath-held attention from first to final page. —Nicholas Delbanco, author of The Vagabonds
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part One
Cougar Country
The Latest Version
Haunts
Val
Dinner
The Leap
The Rescue
Part Two
Kyle
Cougar Alert
Cory
Weather
Paying Attention
Dinner
Part Three
Verity
Back to the Barn
Behavioral Enrichment
Sadie
Kyle
Don
Preparations
Jambalaya
Part Four
On the Bridge
Sufficient Grounds
Baiting
Hear Him Roar
Part Five
The Rescue
Sadie
Don
June
Appetites
Leaving
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Utah State University Press, 2005 eISBN: 978-0-87421-513-7 Paper: 978-0-87421-615-8
A cougar attacks a jogger in the suburbs of a Western city. Charlie Sayers, a wildlife biologist facing retirement, is drawninto the search for the lion. He gets caught up in the conflict between wildlife habitat and an increasingly developed environment as, teetering between crisis and farce, he tries to piece together the puzzle of his own life.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Andrew Wingfield grew up in northern California and now lives in Alexandria, Virginia. He is on the faculty of New Century College, the integrative studies program at George Mason University. He writes and teaches to better understand how people and places shape each other. His work has appeared in Wild Earth, The Antioch Review, Terrain, ISLE, and other magazines.
REVIEWS
Hear Him Roar introduces a gifted and terribly smart new writer from the West. If Andrew Wingfield keeps making novels this good, we've got a worthy successor to Wallace Stegner and a good nephew of Edward Abbey, Joan Didion, and James Houston. —Alan Cheuse, book commentator National Public Radio's All Things Considered
I much admire what Andrew Wingfield has achieved in this fine first novel, the engaging voice, the mature vision. Charlie Sayers seems to have no answer to the riddle of his life—until the mystery of wild creatures touches him profoundly and guides him toward a new beginning. This is a story told with both art and wisdom. —James D. Houston, author of Snow Mountain Passage
A convincing voice, convincingly thrown; young Andres Wingfield makes the aging Charlie Sayers "roar." This tale of death and regeneration compels our breath-held attention from first to final page. —Nicholas Delbanco, author of The Vagabonds
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part One
Cougar Country
The Latest Version
Haunts
Val
Dinner
The Leap
The Rescue
Part Two
Kyle
Cougar Alert
Cory
Weather
Paying Attention
Dinner
Part Three
Verity
Back to the Barn
Behavioral Enrichment
Sadie
Kyle
Don
Preparations
Jambalaya
Part Four
On the Bridge
Sufficient Grounds
Baiting
Hear Him Roar
Part Five
The Rescue
Sadie
Don
June
Appetites
Leaving
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