Andy Catlett, Wendell Berry
Andy Catlett, Wendell Berry
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Andy Catlett
Early Travels: A Novel

Author: Wendell Berry

Narrator: Wendell Berry

Unabridged: 4 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2008

Synopsis

Berry opens this latest installment of the Port William series with young Andy Catlett preparing to visit a place he’d been to many times before, though this would be an adventure he will take very seriously. Nine years old, Andy embarks on the trip by bus, alone for the first time. He decides it will be a rite of passage and his first step into manhood. Sometimes a handful at home, Andy was a good boy when visiting his Grandparents’ houses, and he looked forward to the little spoiling certain to come his way. A beautiful short novel, this book is a perfect introduction into the whole world of Port William and will be as well a new chapter for those already familiar with this rich unfolding story.

About Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry, an essayist, novelist, and poet, has been honored with the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Aiken Taylor Award in Modern American Poetry, the John Hay Award of the Orion Society, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, among others. In 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama, and in 2016, he was the recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle. Berry lives with his wife, Tanya Berry, on their farm in Henry County, Kentucky.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Candi on January 06, 2018

"… knowledge grows with age, and gratitude grows with knowledge." Once upon a time, nine year old Andy Catlett boarded a bus all alone to visit his two sets of grandparents in Port William, Kentucky, a mere ten miles from his own home. However, to a young, impressionable boy this was a momentous unde......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie C on December 22, 2023

4*** What an incredible, wholesome story recounted by an old man reminiscing about his time as a 9-year-old boy spending weeks with his grandparents on their farms during 1943. This nostalgic story is chock full of wisdom, nature (as only Wendell Berry can do), memories, meaning, and family. Looking......more

Goodreads review by Carmen on June 23, 2024

A delightful story, full of nostalgia for a time long past, when the horse and buggy gave way to automobiles, and radios broadcast news of the war. Listening to the audiobook made me want to write the stories of visits to my grandparents, too. Perhaps I will!......more

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