{"product_id":"a-temporary-refuge-lee-spencer-9781938340673","title":"A Temporary Refuge: Fourteen Seasons with Wild Summer Steelhead","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs featured in the documentary, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDamNation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (Patagonia, 2014). During his first summer, Spencer built a sheltered viewing platform, a place to sit with Sis and his notebook, and observe the denizens of the pool for months, and, finally, years on end. Shortly before setting up camp during his first season, Spencer cut the points off the hooks of all his steelhead flies, freeing himself to see more deeply the beauty of his surroundings. As the predatory urge faded, a kind of blindness went with it, and Spencer's eyes and mind became figurative hooks, enabling him to capture the stunning lives and behaviors of these charismatic wild creatures with an intimacy that has rarely been offered before. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA distillation of fourteen years of detailed observations, in this surprisingly engaging almanac, Spencer records a natural history teeming with fish, water, vegetation, birds, mammals, insects, reptiles, and amphibians, seasonal changes, and interesting events and stories. Spencer is a modern-day Thoreau, and the steelhead pool is his Walden Pond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lee Spencer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1938340671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938340673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Patagonia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.58h x 5.75w x 1.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Franklin Award - Gold Medal Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/26\/2017\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lee Spencer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43991223304447,"sku":"9781938340673","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bacd8746-8557-435c-8bc1-2260f4df8bc0.jpg?v=1683309153","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-temporary-refuge-lee-spencer-9781938340673","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}