The Search for the Genuine

Nonfiction, 1970-2015

By: Jim Harrison

Narrated by: Traber Burns

The first general nonfiction title in thirty years from a giant of American letters, The Search for the Genuine is a sparkling definitive collection of Jim Harrison’s essays and journalism—some never before published.

New York Times bestselling author Jim Harrison (1937-2016) was a writer with a poet’s economy of style and trencherman’s appetites and ribald humor.

In The Search for the Genuine, a collection of new and previously published essays, the giant of letters muses on everything from grouse hunting and fishing to Zen Buddhism and matters of the spirit, including reported pieces on Yellowstone and shark-tagging in the open ocean, commentary on writers from Bukowski to Neruda to Peter Matthiessen, and a heartbreaking essay on life—and, for those attempting to cross in the ever-more-dangerous gaps, death—on the US/Mexico border.

Written with Harrison’s trademark humor, compassion, and full-throated zest for life, this chronicle of a modern bon vivant is a feast for fans who may think they know Harrison’s nonfiction, from a true “American original”.

©2022 Jim Harrison (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

Great historical background of JH life

For fans of Jim Harrison this book stitches together many of his stories and his personal experiences.

Classic Harrison.

A collection of gems. A delight. If you are missing JH this will be for you.

Rewarding

Great insights from a remarkable man. Great delivery by the narrator. A fully rewarding and inspiring experience from an artist of immense passion, appetites and storytelling talent.

Great author. Great essays. Great performance. Bravo!

My title says it all. If you like Harrison at all, you’ll love this audio book.

A Life Well Celebrated

As I listened to this book I was transported to places that I have never experienced and I felt like I had missed something. I have been a fan of Jim Harrison's fiction for a long time having encountered it in many of the magazines I read as a young man, but I never really read his non-fiction. I found this book truly revealing of a passionate man for the outdoors. Listen to this if you are a hunter, birder, fisherman, or a lover of nature and you will know what the world without Jim will be like.