"Everything in nature is essentially inscrutable," claims Russell Chatham in The Angler's Coast, but his written observations of the world around him are as evocative as his painted landscapes. First published in 1976, this new edition has been expanded to include photographs of the great fishermen and rivers of the West Coast.
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Except for adding photographs and a new introduction, some minor editing, and a larger format, this collection of 14 thoughtful essays about fishing is the same as the 1976 edition ( LJ 4/1/76). Chatham's coast is the Pacific from San Francisco to Vancouver, but he also writes about some inland rivers and lakes. He is a fly fisherman whose favorite quarry is salmon and steelhead, although his quest for sport has even led him after herring. Because of increased fishing and the damming of rivers and other environmental pressures, his writing documents an angling scene that may never happen again. Libraries that missed the earlier edition, particularly in the West, will want to purchase.
- Peter C. Leonard, Mt. Lebanon P.L., Pa.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Peter C. Leonard, Mt. Lebanon P.L., Pa.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"...one of the best angling writers... I luxuriated in his brilliant, sensitive description of the West Coast and its fishing." -- Nelson Bryant - New York Times
"Chatham is an evocative, skilled writer." -- SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"Chatham's one of the best angling writers in action today." -- Nelson Bryant/NEW YORK TIMES
"Some angling writers have traveled the world over in search of big fish, Chatham has cruised." -- Thomas McGuane, from The Prologue
"Chatham is an evocative, skilled writer." -- SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"Chatham's one of the best angling writers in action today." -- Nelson Bryant/NEW YORK TIMES
"Some angling writers have traveled the world over in search of big fish, Chatham has cruised." -- Thomas McGuane, from The Prologue
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This book's as much about fly fishing as The Big Two-Hearted River is. Without ever deviating from its straightforward purpose -- to explore the good people Chatham's met in a lifetime of flyfishing the San Francisco Bay and points north for chinook and stripers -- Chatham manages also to pen a meditation on what makes people good, and how challenge (including the challenge of fly fishing well) nurtures that goodness. The book's also a love story to a Northern California that used to be, and belongs in any Bay Area or Northern Californian's bookshelf along with Bay Area Landmarks, The Flavors of Home and other well-written celebrations of that place's home geography. And the details about fishing, in bays, estuaries and rivers, are fun. If you have any doubts about the literary value of this book, note the foreword by Thomas McGuane -- who wouldn't muck around writing forewords for trash. Loved the book, Russell.
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