{"product_id":"sunlit-riffles-and-shadowed-runs-stories-of-fly-fishing-in-america-hardcover","title":"Sunlit Riffles and Shadowed Runs: Stories of Fly Fishing in America - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKent Cowgill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing World War II, the communist government of Poland forcibly relocated the country's Ukrainian minority by means of a Soviet-Polish population exchange and then a secretly planned action code-named Operation Vistula. In \u003ci\u003eScattered\u003c\/i\u003e, Diana Howansky Reilly recounts these events through the experiences of three siblings caught up in the conflict, during a turbulent period when compulsory resettlement was a common political tactic used against national minorities to create homogenous states.\u003cbr\u003e Born in the Lemko region of southeastern Poland, Petro, Melania, and Hania Pyrtej survived World War II only to be separated by political decisions over which they had no control. Petro relocated with his wife to Soviet Ukraine during the population exchange of 1944 46, while his sisters Melania and Hania were resettled to western Poland through Operation Vistula in 1947. As the Ukrainian Insurgent Army fought resettlement, the Polish government meanwhile imprisoned suspected sympathizers within the Jaworzno concentration camp. Melania, Reilly's maternal grandmother, eventually found her way to the United States during Poland's period of liberalization in the 1960s.\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on oral interviews and archival research, Reilly tells a fascinating, true story that provides a bottom-up perspective and illustrates the impact of extraordinary historical events on the lives of ordinary people. Tracing the story to the present, she describes survivors' efforts to receive compensation for the destruction of their homes and communities. \u003cbr\u003e Silver Medal for World History, Independent Publisher Book Awards \u003cbr\u003e Finalist, Housatonic Book Awards \u003cbr\u003e Finalist in History, \u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKent Cowgill was the recipient of \u003ci\u003eFly Rod \u0026amp; Reel\u003c\/i\u003e's Traver Award for distinguished fiction in 2010. He is an avid outdoorsman and widely traveled writer whose stories have appeared in such publications as \u003ci\u003eGray's Sporting Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eField \u0026amp; Stream\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe High Plains Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Trout\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Salmon Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. He has authored three other books, including \u003ci\u003eBack in Time: Echoes of a Vanished America in the Heart of France\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives beside a stream with a healthy population of native brook trout, in the bluff country along the Upper Mississippi River in southeastern Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 170\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 14, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42115043950672,"sku":"9780299289102","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/ZjVNaTFvUXMwdmUyS2lJakxTRHZmZz09.webp?v=1772754581","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/sunlit-riffles-and-shadowed-runs-stories-of-fly-fishing-in-america-hardcover","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}