Travers Corners: The Final Chapters: Stories
Praise forTravers Corners:"A collection of stories that present "a brilliant image of small-town life in Montana." --Kirkus Reviews"....this charming debut collection of stories. Waldie builds his tales around character, creating a small community of homespun folk who are quintessentially American and just a bit eccentric." --Publishers Weekly"....sheer heaven on a trout stream..." --Kirkus Reviews"This wonderful collection of Montana short stories made me want to drop everything and light out for Big Sky Country and never look back. Travers Corners is a terrific debut by a gifted writer, who gets the contemporary American West just exactly right on every page." --Howard Frank Mosher"The book has a little of the feel of The Last Picture Show. Waldie also manages a paradox, demonstrating that the decent, more-or-less ordinary people in this pretty nice place live lives of consequence, knit one to another by community, history, affection or animus. They matter." --Fly Rod & Reel"Visit Travers Corners for a good read; it's a town full of people worth knowing."---EXPO Book Review, 1998"...a lovely tongue-in-cheek look at make-believe small-town America."--Arizona Daily Star"Like the characters he writes about, Waldie's pace is slow and deliberate, and he demonstrates why the journey is the destination. He leads the way to a tiny corner of the world where we can refresh ourselves and still make it home for dinner. Travers Corner is just such a place." --Woodland Hills Daily News(LA-circ. 118,495)"a shrewd eye for rural characters, the book may remind some readers of Winesburg, Ohio, Lake Wobegon Days, or A River Runs Through It." --Gazette,Billings, MT"Scott Waldie has captured the essence of a small Montana town and the characters who live there. Written with warmth and wit, these stores will make you long for a second home like Travers Corners." --Montana Outdoors"Best of all, the warmth isn't sappy and the wit isn't just tinsel. Both are generated from a generous understanding of human nature." --Montana MagazineIn Praise for Return to Travers Corners (Lyons Press, 2002)::"Waldie's gentle stories are filled with love for Montana, and the people who live there because they love it, and the way that love spills over onto others who are just passing through. "Travers Corners" might not be especially realistic, but it gives readers a fine place to visit."--The Tribune(Great Falls, MT)"Waldie creates a town with the depth that only richly talented storytellers can accomplish. Waldie's characters live life to the fullest. And so do we when we read this collection. It's a place where we can go-and return to again and again." -- Big Sky Journal"The book is a thoroughly enjoyable journey to somewhere in Montana where everyone can be trusted and the fishing is legendary."--The Denver Post & Rocky Mountain News, Sunday edition"Honesty and integrity are foundations of the West, and Waldie does a fine job in portraying these in all his stories The charm and wit of the writing carry us along and keep us chuckling to ourselves."--The Missoulian"Rhapsodic, resplendent reflections. Immediately entertaining for those to whom fly-fishing is synonymous with religion, Waldie's stories are equally appealing to anyone whose only fishing experience involves the Mrs. Paul's section of the grocery freezer." -- Booklist"Waldie once again celebrates the simple pleasures of rural Montana, returning to the fictional town he depicted in his debut short story collection (Travers Corners) for another set of cozy tales. Waldie reprises the friendly, optimistic narration of his first collection. ...this well-crafted sequel more than measures up to the standards set by its predecessor."--Publishers Weekly"The simplicity of the West beckons with every tale."--The Idaho Statesman