Zane Grey fished up to 300 days of the year. But, with all that time on the water, there was nothing more exciting or more compelling than the really BIG fish—the giants of the sea. Blue fin tuna are (even today) still sometimes pursued with harpoons! There's the story of a swordfish that was hooked at 10:30 in the morning and played until 11:30 that night—only to...! Tales of Swordfish and Tuna will dazzle and thrill any fishing heart.
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Though he made his bread and butter by spinning yarns about the plains of the Old West, Grey's true passion was water. He had an almost fanatical love of fishing, spending as many as 300 days a year roaming the seas with a rod in his hand in pursuit of everything and anything that would swallow a hook. Published in 1953 and 1954, respectively, this duo contain some of Grey's best fishing stories culled from a lifetime of pursuing the leviathans of the deep (he liked to catch big fish). The stories are buttressed with numerous monochrome photos.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Tales of Swordfish and Tuna is a new collection of Grey's saltwater-fishing adventures. They are well worth reading for pleasure and instruction. Just as he invented the Western, Grey also pioneered sporting fishing for the large ocean species of game fish. (E. W. Smethurst Jr. )
Tales of Swordfish and Tuna is a new collection of Grey's saltwater-fishing adventures. They are well worth reading for pleasure and instruction. Just as he invented the Western, Grey also pioneered sporting fishing for the large ocean species of game fish. (E. W. Smethurst Jr. )
Tales of Swordfish and Tuna is a new collection of Grey's saltwater-fishing adventures. They are well worth reading for pleasure and instruction. Just as he invented the Western, Grey also pioneered sporting fishing for the large ocean species of game fish. (E. W. Smethurst Jr. )
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Very Good Read,
This review is from: Tales of Swordfish and Tuna (Paperback)
This is a very good book as far as reading goes. You could also learn a few things in the process. There are many "how-to" books out there and a true adventure-fishing story can be a refreshing change. So if you are interested in good, entertaining real life fishing stories or accounts, pick this book up.It is an amazing insight into the days gone by, the abundance of fish and how close to shore they could be caught. I could not help but notice certain pent up anger and arrogance in the text directed at other pioneering anglers that I felt was unjustified, unfair and may be even incorrect. If this book is not a tribute to pioneering big-game anglers it certainly a tribute to Zane Grey himself. But all in all it was a bloody good read.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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A true pioneer of an untapped sport,
By Adam Bollaci (Glen Cove, New York United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tales of Swordfish and Tuna (Paperback)
It is only in my dreams that I will ever see fish the size and in the abundance that Zane Grey and other pioneers of big game sportfishing have seen. As an avid big game fisherman I always dream of the day that I will hook into a monster swordfish or tuna such as Zane Grey has. Any fisherman can relate to the persistance and effort that Zane Grey put into every outing he made and then putting it in writing for those who could not do so themselves. In the days when Zane was fishing nothing yet was exploited and it is great to read about the way things used to be and hope that one day we will be able to restore our oceans to there once primative state.
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