Complex sentence: In the summer of 1961, while camping in southern Idaho with his wife and daughter, Brautigan completed the novels A Confederate General From Big Sur "and" Trout Fishing in America.
Split into simpler sentences: In the summer of 1961 Brautigan went camping with his wife and his daughter (see Personal Life section) in southern Idaho. While camping he completed the novels A Confederate General From Big Sur "and" Trout Fishing in America.