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And Then We Went Fishing: A Story of Fatherhood, Fate and Forgiveness Taschenbuch – 1. Juli 1994
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Dirk Benedict
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Seitenzahl der Print-Ausgabe181 Seiten
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SpracheEnglisch
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HerausgeberAvery
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Erscheinungstermin1. Juli 1994
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Abmessungen15.34 x 0.99 x 22.96 cm
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ISBN-100895295598
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ISBN-13978-0895295590
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- Herausgeber : Avery (1. Juli 1994)
- Sprache : Englisch
- Taschenbuch : 181 Seiten
- ISBN-10 : 0895295598
- ISBN-13 : 978-0895295590
- Abmessungen : 15.34 x 0.99 x 22.96 cm
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Amazon Bestseller-Rang:
Nr. 6,408,384 in Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Bücher)
- Nr. 98,028 in Fachbücher Soziologie (Bücher)
- Nr. 118,048 in Ratgeber für Eltern & Kinder
- Nr. 387,429 in Biografien & Erinnerungen (Bücher)
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I liked it because I'm--in MBTI terminology--an xxTJ like the author, and I find things to inspire me and empathize with in basically any xxTJ account of anything, regardless of whether I agree with or approve of the content. For those who are familiar with the Jungian functions, I get the feeling Benedict was tapping into his tertiary and quaternary functions for this work (Ne and Fi, respectively)--that should tell you everything you need to know. ; )
Those who remember or have recently accessed the original Battleship Galactica, and Benedict's portrayal of Starbuck, or the A-Team and his portrayal of "Face" will enjoy this look into the life experiences of this talented but ambition free actor.
He relates how his father's life impacted his desire to become and fears of becoming a father--and shuffles in the actual events surrounding the two days prior to his son's birth. This strange counter-point work very well, and highlights the difference between the man and the actor, both of whom are Dirk Benedict.
The book contains seat-of-the-pants adventure, high drama, and subtle and entertainin humor--all encountered by Benedict in these two life altering events in his life. A fun, poignant, and "can't put this book down" read. I highly reommend it and thank Amazon for making it available to me.
Long story short, Benedict grew up in rural Montana on a diet of beef and...other kinds of beef. In later life, he suffered acute health problems, including prostatic cancer, which gradually chivvied him into a different way of eating, drinking and looking at the world. He's since become a kind of spokesperson for an alternative philosophy of life, and COWBOY is a sort-of Bible of that philosophy. Its central theme, however, is how the food choices we make effect not only our physical but our emotional and spiritual health as well. ("Someone," he wrote in its introduction. "Needs to do for brown rice and bancha tea what John Wayne did for red meat and whiskey.") AND THEN WE WENT FISHING is a related but very different type of book, in a way far more personal than COWBOY was. Like COWBOY, it has a clear-cut message garnered from autobiographical experience; unlike COWBOY it is not about changing the world. It is about changing oneself by letting go of pain, regret and grief and learning the lessons of one's own past experience. It's about, to paraphrase Poe (the singer, not the writer) "One more look at the ghost, before I make it leave."
FISHING is two books in one. In the first story, Dirk and his then-wife Toni are preparing for the at-home birth of their first child, a disaster-plagued affair which is half-comedy, half-nightmare: the midwife deserts them for a Chuck Norris benefit, the assistant is interested only in raiding the fridge and napping, the last-resort doctor is out of town, and an anonymous functionary at the nearest hospital (50 miles away) does his best to make matters worse. The second story takes place 25 years earlier, with Dirk an 18 year old kid who seemingly has it all: good looks, athletic talent, hot girlfriend, bright future. Unforunately, he also has crippling emotional pain, brought on by the death of his father at the hands of his brother following a nasty domestic argument. The shooting, which Dirk witnessed, effected him in many different ways, but most deeply by giving him a crippling fear of fatherhood. And as he comes closer to becoming a father himself, he realizes just how effectively he has deferred the pain of his dad's death, and how dangerous that deferrment will be if he doesn't discover the lesson buried under his emotional denials. The birth of his son proves to be the opportunity he has long awaited: the chance to lay his father's ghost to rest, and to shed the tears he held back for a quarter of a century.
AND THEN WE WENT FISHING is not the book KAMIKAZE COWBOY was, but it was not meant to be. It is an intensely personal story of choices and consequences -
"fate, fatherhood, and forgiveness" - mingled with wit, sarcasm and irony (the fact that medical-establishment-hating Benedict had to deliver his kid via a regular doctor is a subject he approaches with no small amount of chagrin). Those looking for a sequel to COWBOY, or a memior about DB's acting career, will be disappointed, but those looking for inspiration will find their money well spent.


