Could ‘A River Runs Through It’ Have Been a Hit Today?

The autobiographical novella, first published 50 years ago, arguably created a new type of guy: the literary fly fisherman.

Fifty years on, A River still Runs Through It | Vince Bzdek

By Vince Bzdek Fifty years ago this month, a 72-year-old first-time novelist published what may be the best-written, truest book about the West ever penned. If there is one novel every Westerner ...

A river runs through it: The local history, legend and language of our seas and inland waterways

Aquatic-themed books from Liam Campbell, Eithne Massey, Alanna Moore, John Feehan, Robert O’Leary, Tom Dredge, Colin Urwin ...
Flathead Beacon

50 Years of ‘A River Runs Through It’

Fifty years ago this month, a slim novella was published not by some big New York City based publishing house to great fanfare but rather a university press in the city of Chicago. The author wasn’t a ...
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

'A River Runs Through It' getting operatic adaptation

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. It’s been 50 years since acclaimed Montana author Norman Maclean published “A River Runs Through ...
Nashville Scene

Critic's Pick — Weekend Classics: Robert Redford: 'A River Runs Through It'

As part of their retrospective to honor the late, great Robert Redford, the Belcourt is screening — in 35 mm — A River Runs Through It, Redford’s loving adaptation of Norman Maclean’s ...