COME CELEBRATE SALTER BROOK TROUT!
Join author Thomas R. Pero at Patagonia Boston for the release of his new book Salter: The improbable return of the magical sea-run brook trout to the little rivers of Cape Cod. The special event will be held Friday evening, October 9.
Francis H. Smith of Falmouth, Massachusetts will join Pero in the celebration. A slideshow narrated by Smith will trace the rebirth of the Cape’s Quashnet River—from abandoned, overgrown cranberry bog to superb wild brook trout ecosystem. Pero will read selected passages from his book; he will also personally inscribe copies.
“This remarkable story started on a bright spring day in 1976,” says the author, “when a group of volunteers who wanted to do something good for the trout gathered to take out a crumbling dam with sledge hammers. We were led by a Vietnam vet and plumber named Francis Smith—a river hero if there ever was one.”
This is a unique opportunity to meet the man who brought the Quashnet River back to life—and inspired a dam-busting
revolution that is freeing rivers all along the New England coast.
Pizza and craft beer will be served—all welcome!
