Sometimes a Great Notion

Hank Stamper has lived beside and fought with the Wakonda River in the State of Oregon all his life. The riverside house built by his father, old Henry, has become a fortress – both against the river, which after long years of erosion n ow swirls round three sides of it, and against the jealousies and rivalries of men. When Hank’s college-educated half-brother Leland returns to his childhood home, in response to a cryptic summons, he is not sure whether Hank needs his help for the family logging business or simply wants to give him a further taste of the humiliation he knew there as a boy. In learning the answer to these questions he becomes involved in the Stamper clan’s bitter battle with the union, the town and the forces of nature.