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a new edition of Trout Fishing in America

jen — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:00:50 +0000

There’s a new edition of ‘Trout Fishing in America’ out! What’s different? There’s a new cover and a new introduction written by Billy Collins.

The San Diego Union Tribune has a nice review: It might be time to go ‘Trout Fishing’ again by Robert Pincus.

You can buy the book on amazon by clicking the cover below:

book covers

jen — Wed, 09 May 2007 11:56:55 +0000

g travels has put pix of 37 of brautigan’s books on flickr. i recommend you check them out! there’s some great ones there and a few covers i haven’t seen before! i love this one of willard & his bowling trophies. a beard!!!!!!!

cover: in watermelon sugar

jen — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:59:19 +0000

In Watermelon Sugar
© 1968 by Dell Publishing Company, NYC
cover photograph by Edmund Shea

The cover photo is of Richard and Hilda Hoffman. The back cover did not contain art work.

cover: the pill vs the springhill mine disaster

jen — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 23:27:21 +0000

The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster
© 1968
cover photograph by Edmund Shea
Marsha Pacaud was Brautigan’s friend and lover. There was no back cover art work.

cover: rommel drives on deep into egypt

jen — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 23:25:37 +0000

Rommel Drives On Deep Into Egypt
© 1970
cover photograph by Edmund Shea

Beverly Allen is the woman in the photo. This photograph is from the same photo shoot as the pix on A Confederate General from Big Sur, which was taken on a misty, rainy day in 1970 in the sandbox in the panhandle of Golden Gate Park. The back cover of the book was a photo of the sandbox.

cover: trout fishing in america

jen — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 23:22:44 +0000

Trout Fishing In America
© 1967
cover photograph by Erik Weber

Brautigan called the woman in this picture, Michaela Le Grand, his “muse”. A photograph of Brautigan (alone) in front of the same statute had already been slated for the cover of Trout Fishing. One day Erik suggested Brautigan and Michaela pose in front of the statute. Brautigan liked the new image better and convinced his publisher to use it instead of the original. The back cover did not contain art work.

cover: revenge of the lawn

jen — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 23:19:53 +0000

Revenge of The Lawn
© 1971
Cover photograph by Edmund Shea. The woman is Sherry Vetter. There was no back cover art work.

cover: a confederate general from big sur

jen — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 23:16:33 +0000

A Confederate General from Big Sur
© 1971
the cover photograph is by Edmund Shea overlaid on a reprint of a painting entitled ‘The Next to the Last Confederate Soldier’ by Larry Rivers. The version shown here is the UK release which has a pix of Richarnd and Beverly Allen.

Beverly Allen is the woman in the photo. This photograph is from the same photo shoot as the pix on Rommel Drives On Deep Into Egypt which was taken on a misty, rainy day in 1970 in the sandbox in the panhandle of Golden Gate Park.

The USA release contained a back cover photo of Richard which was taken by Erik Weber.

cover: the abortion

jen — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 23:14:54 +0000

The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966
© 1964
cover photograph by Edmund Shea.
the woman on the cover is Victoria Domalgoski, a friend of Richard’s.
no art work on the back cover.