The Gigantic Book of Fishing Stories
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Product Description
The largest and most broadly based collection of writings about fishing ever compiled—including writers and fishermen as diverse as Rudyard Kipling, Jimmy Carter, James Fenimore Cooper, and Tom McGuane.
This one-of-a-kind volume has something for everyone who fishes, whether he or she fondly remembers fishing with worms as a child or hurls the fanciest flies toward great prey like Atlantic salmon and tarpon. Its selections celebrate fishing for bass, catfish, trout, striped bass, crappie, tarpon, muskie, Atlantic salmon, bonefish, pike, and many other species. If it swims and can be landed with a rod, line, and hook, it’s featured here—as are locations all over the world, from the greatest rivers of Montana to Southern lakes to shores of all American coasts to far-off locations around the world. Anglers will find their favorites here, writers who have made a living writing on the joys of fishing and renowned names of literature who have shared their tales and wisdom: James Henshall, Mark Sosin, Rudyard Kipling, G.E.M. Skues, Roland Pertwee, Henry Van Dyke, Dave Barry, Bill Barich, Ted Leeson, John Maclean, James Prosek, Lefty Kreh, John McPhee, Zane Grey, Joan Wulff, Howell Raines, and so many more. There are also wonderful little-known pieces by virtually unknown authors, and special discoveries—like the famous painter of birds, John James Audubon, writing about cat-fishing in the Ohio River. Fishermen nationwide will love this gigantic compendium—and it will make an ideal gift.
Spotlight Customer Reviews:
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Huge Book! - Great Stories
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This book is gigantic! You better have a sturdy coffee table
in order to support it's weight!
If you love fishing then you will love the stories. I just
received this for Christmas and have already read quite a
few.
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Amazing Book
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This book is a massive collection of any fishing tale you could ever want. Some of my favorites in here include, "The Lucy Coffin" by W.D. Wetherell, and "Brannigan's Trout" by Nick Lyons. If you are the slightest bit interested in fishing, or stories about it, definitely pick this up for your collection.
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Talk about "gigantic"!
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I bought this for my dad who loves to fish and always tells a great story. I couldn't believe how big it really was. He really liked it.
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The indispensable fishing anthology
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What a wonderful book! There's a lot of great writing about fishing out there, but I've never come across so much of it gathered in one place. Nick Lyons, who is himself a kind of legend in the fishing world, has assembled a sampling of the best of the classic and contemporary tales, memoirs, essays and poetry.
The Gigantic Book of Fishing Stories is perfect for anyone who fishes, or knows someone who fishes, or loves life out of doors.
I know what I'll be giving as gifts this year.
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A great collection!
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I loved this book! It has every fishing story you could ever want to read by a collection of famous authors on fishing.
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