Overview
Editorsā Choice: The New York Times Book Review ā¢ Outside Magazine ā¢ National Book Review ā¢ Forbes
In the tradition of Mountains Beyond Mountains and The Orchid Thief, Stronghold is Tucker Malarkeyās eye-opening account ofĀ one of the worldās greatest fly fishermenĀ and his crusade to protect the worldās last bastion of wild salmon. From a young age, Guido Rahr was a misfit among his family and classmates, preferring to spend his time in the natural world.Ā When the salmon runs of the Pacific Northwest began to decline, Guido was one of the few who understood why. As dams, industry, and climate change degraded the homes of these magnificent fish, Rahr saw that the salmon of the Pacific Rim were destined to go the way of their Atlantic brethren: near extinction.
An improbable and inspiring story, Stronghold takes us on a wild adventure, from Oregon to Alaska to one of the worldās last remaining salmon strongholds in the Russian Far East, a landscape of ecological richness and diversity that is rapidly being developed for oil, gas, minerals, and timber. Along the way, Rahr contends with scientists, conservationists, Russian oligarchs, corrupt officials, and unexpected allies in an attempt to secure a stronghold for the endangered salmon, an extraordinary keystone species whose demise would reverberate across the planet.
Tucker Malarkey, who joins Rahr in the Russian wilderness, has written a clarion call for a sustainable future, a remarkable work of natural history, and a riveting account of a species whose future is closely linked to our own.
Praise for Stronghold
āThis book isnāt just about fish, itās about life itself and the fragile unseen threads that connect all creatures across this beleaguered orb we call home. Guido Rahrās quest to save the worldās wild salmon should serve as an inspirationāand a provocationāfor us all, andĀ Tucker Malarkeyās exquisite book captures Rahrās weird and wonderful story with poignancy, humor, and grace.āāHampton Sides, author ofĀ In theĀ Kingdom of IceĀ andĀ Blood and Thunder
āA crazy-good, intensely lived book that reads like an international thrillerāonly itās our beloved salmon playing the part of diamonds or oil or gold.āāDavid James Duncan, author ofĀ The River WhyĀ andĀ The Brothers K
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