{"product_id":"field-notes-is-a-river-alive-edition-3-pack","title":"Field Notes Is a River Alive Edition 3-Pack","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e67th Quarterly Edition for the summer of 2025 coincides with the American publication of\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/wwnorton.com\/books\/9780393242133\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eIs a River Alive?,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e a brilliant and important new book by author\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/robgmacfarlane\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRobert Macfarlane.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRecounting three epic journeys, Macfarlane surveys the state of Earth’s rivers and the people who are fighting for them. It’s an impossibly large story, interwoven with an extremely personal fourth river tale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMacfarlane is a long-time Field Notes user and occasional co-conspirator. We first worked with him a few years ago, making a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecompanion 3-Pack to his book,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnderland\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWe were thrilled to learn that once again, with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/em\u003e, Field Notes played an important part in his writing process:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“These notebooks were my constant companions during the years of writing\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eIs A River Alive?;\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ealways there in pocket or pack. Into them I poured the glitter of primary encounter; image, dialogue, idea. They got dog-eared and foxed and soaked –– and filled with words. The closing of the circle which now sees a new ‘River’ edition of Field Notes flowing out of the finished book makes me very happy indeed.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rich-text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rich-text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso returning is Macfarlane’s frequent collaborator, legendary visual artist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.slowlydownward.com\/\"\u003eStanley Donwood\u003c\/a\u003e, best known for his artwork for Radiohead and The Smile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rich-text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonwood’s starting point for the \u003cem\u003eIs a River Alive? \u003c\/em\u003ecovers was his entrancing, hand-carved linocut titled “Meander.” Manipulation of the colors and textures of the resulting prints led to a series of works, two of which were chosen for the U.S.A. and U.K. editions of the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe highly textured and colorful covers are printed and embossed on Sappi McCoy 100#C Silk stock. Three gloss-white staples bind-in 48 Domtar Lynx 60#T pages featuring a “Cloud Forest Gray” graph grid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSPECIFICATIONS:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"spec-list__specs\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProudly printed by the good people of Classic Color, Broadview, Ill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover: Sappi McCoy Silk 100#C “White,” with a 4-color application of process-color soy-based inks, UV gloss coating and matte varnish, and sculpted emboss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInnards: Domtar Lynx Opaque 60#T “White,” with a fine, 1-color application of “Cloud Forest Grey” soy-based ink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover and innards printed on a Komori Lithrone G40\" 6-color UV printing press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBound by a Muller Martini Presto II saddle stitcher with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the “Founding Fathers of the Staple.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorners precisely rounded to a 3\/8\" (9.5mm) radius with a Challenge round-corner machine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGraph grid: 3\/16\" × 3\/16\" (4.7mm × 4.7mm).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"spec-list__specs\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMemo book dimensions are 3-1\/2\" × 5-1\/2\" (89mm × 140mm).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFIELD NOTES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003euses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927), in collaboration with Monotype.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFIELD NOTES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ememo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited Edition of 30,000 3-Packs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUPC: 850032279376\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Field Notes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47046434062590,"sku":"FN_RIVER","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0534\/9831\/4948\/files\/FNC67_IARA_Angle_B_cropped.jpg?v=1751571906","url":"https:\/\/twohandspaperie.mom\/products\/field-notes-is-a-river-alive-edition-3-pack","provider":"Two Hands Paperie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}