FICTION
The River Home
by Denis Dauphinee
by Denis Dauphinee
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Tucked into the north Maine woods, along the West Branch of the Penobscot River, is the fly fishing destination town of Roslyn. The river, and dozens of streams in the valley, are waters famous for the fish they hold. Ben Garrison, a beautiful, gentle young man with a skeletal deformity and a bad limp evolves into the most capable, accomplished hermit in town; he is a master gardener, a gourmet chef, a poet and a Zen-like fly fisher…and a confidant of the lovely farmhand Annie Nielson. After an unspeakable tragedy, Annie and Ben explore the dynamics of an unlikely relationship. Annie must discover her own destiny while coming to grips with her untold dreams, and with her conflicting commitment to helping on the family farm, all the while fishing for the salmon and trout that are native to the cold, clear waters in the mountain streams. There are life lessons within the pages, and there is even a little fly fishing.
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Dee Dauphinee
Dee has worked as a farmer, a
photographer, an orthopaedic physician's assistant, a fishing &
mountaineering guide, a semi-pro wide receiver, and lots of other things that
often ended up being nothing more than "experiences." In
one of his journals from his twenties, one can read that he hoped to "beat, pound, and mold all these eclectic
experiences into something useful." Wow. Born with a
wanderlust in Bangor, Maine, once old enough, he hit the road west with a
guitar, one duffle bag, a light nylon parka and (according to the journal from
that year) eighty-seven dollars. For more than twenty years, he was “in
the right places at the right times.” He found whatever devices he could to
travel the world. Photography and mountaineering were the keys. Living in Jackson, Wyoming in the 1980's was Heaven, he
recalls...he was climbing or fly fishing every second he could. Eventually, he
learned that even being an only fair photographer, if he was willing to crawl
on his belly for a mile in the mud, or not be adverse to being in harm’s
way to get an image, photography might take him places. It did; to places
like El Salvador, Peru, the Arctic, Europe, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Iraq, Israel,
Egypt, Ecuador, Jordan, the UK, Panama, and many places in between. No matter what he
was doing, or where he was going, he was always in the company of a book, a
journal, and a fly rod. When he wasn't taking pictures or
interviewing people, he rigged-up his old Sage fly rod, and fished every ditch
that might hold fish. Now he writes about those experiences.
Dee lives in Bradley, Maine, with his wife and two children, who all fish. www.ddauphinee.com Facebook; Denis “Dee” Dauphinee – Maine Author
Dee lives in Bradley, Maine, with his wife and two children, who all fish. www.ddauphinee.com Facebook; Denis “Dee” Dauphinee – Maine Author
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