The Catfish As Metaphor: A Fisherman's American Journey [Hardcover]

M.H. Salmon (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

The Catfish as Metaphor is a maverick, richly textured memoir of fishing, wandering, and life. -- Nick Lyons

Simply the best book on fishing and what-it-all-means that I've read in a long time...immensely moving and a joy to read...and it's about catfish. -- Stephen Bodio

Product Details

• Hardcover: 222 pages
• Publisher: High Lonesome Books; 1st edition (November 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0944383432
• ISBN-13: 978-0944383438
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,912,621 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

M.H. Dutch Salmon is that author best known for having made a 200-mile wilderness canoe run down New Mexico's Gila River with a dog and a cat! This journey became the non-fiction narrative, "Gila Descending"(1986), now in it's fourth printing. His Southwest Trilogy, the last of which is the novel "Forty Freedoms"(2010), is also within the genre of outdoor sport and mans' relationship with the natural world. Salmon has a half-dozen hound dogs, too many fishing rods, and lives with his family near Silver City, New Mexico.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More than a fishing book; a fascinating look at modern man., December 25, 1998

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The Trickster (Belly Button, NM, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Catfish As Metaphor: A Fisherman's American Journey (Hardcover)

There is abundant information in this book about catfishing and other outdoor sports. But there is much more. There is insight into people met along the way on the author's journey around the country, into the author himself and his family, into our society in the nineties and its apparently weakening ties to all things natural.

The Catfish as Metaphor in an interesting narrative about one man's search for quality in modern life. It is a solid, honest book. Well worth reading.