At the Jim Bridger (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ron Carlson
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism, frame story
- Time of Work: The 1990's
- Setting: The Cascade wilderness and a resort lodge
- Principal Characters: Donner, His mistress, Rusty Patrick
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Parents and children, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Rural or country life, Friendship, Fathers, Survivalism, 1990’s, Fishing or fishermen, Winter, Lifesaving, Rescue, Snow, Wilderness, Camping, campers, or campgrounds, Washington
- Locales: Washington
The Story
In “At the Jim Bridger,” Donner has just come out of the mountains after a week fishing with a woman identified only as “not his wife.” They are looking forward to eating a huge steak and a baked potato at the Jim Bridger Lodge's end-of-season New Year's Eve party. As the couple pulls into the parking lot of the lodge, Donner sees a familiar truck with a dog he recognizes in the back. He tells the woman that it is the dog from the story he has told her about saving a man from freezing; when they enter the lodge, he sees Rusty, the man from the story. Although...
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