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From Publishers Weekly
Who better to edit and introduce an enormous collection of fishing writing than one of America's most accomplished editors and publishers of angling books, Nick Lyons. Lyons has turned over every stone to include an incredible array of well-known fishing scribes like Izaak Walton, Thomas McGuane, James Prosek and John McPhee. And with the inclusion of literary heavyweights like Lord Byron, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Rudyard Kipling and Washington Irving, the selections run the gamut from nonfiction and fiction to poetry, and cover just about every fish, from the regal trout to the powerful tuna. While all the entries may not fit every angler's fancy, they certainly ensure that there is something for everyone. Despite the varying writing styles, the collection never feels disjointed because, to borrow a phrase from A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean, who's included, in the end all these divergent topics seem to merge into one. That's because they share the virtues of anticipation, mystery and wonder that are inherent not only to great literature but to a sporting endeavor that focuses on knowing what is happening beneath the surface. (June)
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From Booklist
A critically acclaimed fishing writer and a publisher of fishing books, Lyons is the obvious first choice to edit an anthology of significant writings on the sport. He delivers the goods with this lavishly illustrated, lunker-sized omnibus, which weighs in at an impressive 3.5 pounds. Lyons groups his 116 selections around broad categories such as fishing type (warm water, saltwater, or trout), fishing history and philosophy, and classic fishing stories. Some of the authors collected here are known for their work beyond fishing (Thoreau, Dave Barry, and the late David Halberstam, who provides a foreword, for example), although most of the contributors will be unknown to those not well versed in fishing lit. Surprisingly, Lyons does not include such strong, newer writers as Bill Tapply, John Gierach, and Thomas McGuane. Nevertheless, this volume, bringing together fishing literature across several centuries, will add breadth and depth to a library's angling collection and will hook new readers just beginning to explore this special corner of sportswriting. Rowen, John
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Who better to edit and introduce an enormous collection of fishing writing than one of America's most accomplished editors and publishers of angling books, Nick Lyons. Lyons has turned over every stone to include an incredible array of well-known fishing scribes like Izaak Walton, Thomas McGuane, James Prosek and John McPhee. And with the inclusion of literary heavyweights like Lord Byron, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Rudyard Kipling and Washington Irving, the selections run the gamut from nonfiction and fiction to poetry, and cover just about every fish, from the regal trout to the powerful tuna. While all the entries may not fit every angler's fancy, they certainly ensure that there is something for everyone. Despite the varying writing styles, the collection never feels disjointed because, to borrow a phrase from A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean, who's included, in the end all these divergent topics seem to merge into one. That's because they share the virtues of anticipation, mystery and wonder that are inherent not only to great literature but to a sporting endeavor that focuses on knowing what is happening beneath the surface. (June)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
A critically acclaimed fishing writer and a publisher of fishing books, Lyons is the obvious first choice to edit an anthology of significant writings on the sport. He delivers the goods with this lavishly illustrated, lunker-sized omnibus, which weighs in at an impressive 3.5 pounds. Lyons groups his 116 selections around broad categories such as fishing type (warm water, saltwater, or trout), fishing history and philosophy, and classic fishing stories. Some of the authors collected here are known for their work beyond fishing (Thoreau, Dave Barry, and the late David Halberstam, who provides a foreword, for example), although most of the contributors will be unknown to those not well versed in fishing lit. Surprisingly, Lyons does not include such strong, newer writers as Bill Tapply, John Gierach, and Thomas McGuane. Nevertheless, this volume, bringing together fishing literature across several centuries, will add breadth and depth to a library's angling collection and will hook new readers just beginning to explore this special corner of sportswriting. Rowen, John
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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bah gosh, burn fishing, winter angling, old trout, jolly fisherman, old angler, true angler, blue dun, artificial fly, natural fly, steady strain, black bass Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New Zealand, John Pike, Long Island, Izaak Walton, Old Faithful, United States, Zane Grey, Uncle Thad, Crocker's Hole, Buck's Landing, Norman Maclean, Seeley Lake, Bunyan Bug, Great Britain, Lake Erie, Long Key, Nova Scotia, Quill Gordon, Red Quill, Taylor Brook, Woodland Valley, Aunt Mary, Big Blackfoot, Broad River New!
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bah gosh, burn fishing, winter angling, old trout, jolly fisherman, old angler, true angler, blue dun, artificial fly, natural fly, steady strain, black bass Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New Zealand, John Pike, Long Island, Izaak Walton, Old Faithful, United States, Zane Grey, Uncle Thad, Crocker's Hole, Buck's Landing, Norman Maclean, Seeley Lake, Bunyan Bug, Great Britain, Lake Erie, Long Key, Nova Scotia, Quill Gordon, Red Quill, Taylor Brook, Woodland Valley, Aunt Mary, Big Blackfoot, Broad River New!
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