{"product_id":"martin-marten-paperback","title":"Martin Marten - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE \u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE BANFF MOUNTAIN BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDave is fourteen years old, living with his family in a cabin on Oregon's Mount Hood (or as he prefers to call it, like the Multnomah tribal peoples once did, Wy'east). Dave will soon enter high school, with adulthood and a future not far off--a future away from his mother, father, his precocious younger sister, and the wilderness where he's lived all his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd Dave is not the only one approaching adulthood and its freedoms on Wy'east that summer. Martin, a pine marten (of the mustelid family) is leaving his own mother and siblings and setting off on his own as well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Dave and Martin set off on their own adventures, their lives, paths, and trails will cross, weave, and blend. Why not come with them as they set forth into the forest and crags of Oregon's soaring mountain wilderness in search of life, family, friends, enemies, wonder, mystery, and good things to eat? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Marten \u003c\/i\u003eis a braided coming-of-age tale like no other, told in Brian Doyle's joyous, rollicking style.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBRIAN DOYLE (1956-2017)\u003c\/b\u003e was the longtime editor of \u003ci\u003ePortland Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e at the University of Portland, in Oregon. He is the author of six collections of essays, two nonfiction books, two collections of \"proems,\" the short story collection \u003ci\u003eBin Laden's Bald Spot\u003c\/i\u003e, the novella \u003ci\u003eCat's Foot\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novels \u003ci\u003eMink River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Plover\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMartin Marten\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the editor of several anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eHo`olaule`a\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of writing about the Pacific islands. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDoyle's books have seven times been finalists for the Oregon Book Award, and his essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Orion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sun, The Georgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and in newspapers and magazines around the world, including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Times of London\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Age\u003c\/i\u003e (in Australia). His essays have also been reprinted in the annual \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Science \u0026amp; Nature Writing, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBest American Spiritual Writing\u003c\/i\u003e anthologies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong various honors for his work is a Catholic Book Award, three Pushcart Prizes, the John Burroughs Award for Nature Essays, \u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews' \u003c\/i\u003eNovel of the Year award in 2011, and the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2008 (previous recipients include Saul Bellow, Kurt Vonnegut, Flannery O'Connor, and Mary Oliver).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47240237383929,"sku":"9781250081056","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/SEV6QkZsUUI0QkhDZ3crayt3K2RUdz09.webp?v=1768569848","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/martin-marten-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}