The Next Valley over: An Angler's Progress - Rilegato

Gaines, Charles

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0609605399 ISBN 13: 9780609605394

Casa editrice: Crown Pub, 2000

Riassunto

A fishing travelogue by the author of Pumping Iron and Stay Hungry takes a hard look at the basic drives and behaviors that drive people to fish. 15,000 first printing.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Charles gaines is the author of <b>Pumping Iron</b>, <b>Stay Hungry</b>, and <b>A Family Place</b>. He divides his time between Nova Scotia and Alabama.

Dal risvolto di copertina interno

orting and adventure writer Charles Gaines has spent much of his life on the water, around the world, fishing rod in hand, angling for trout, redfish, salmon, bonefish, bass, marlin, tuna, and practically everything else that swims. Just about any place where there's water to fish and eccentrics to keep him company, Charles has been.<br><br><b>The Next Valley Over</b>, a collection of his best writing on fishing over the years, culled from the pages of <i>Men's Journal</i>, <i>Forbes FYI</i>, <i>Sports Afield</i>, and other journals, is about the heart of the sport. While his stories are lined with the accoutrement of angling--the art of technique, the equipment, the lodges, the fish themselves--they're really about why we love to fish and what it means to our culture. As Thoreau once said: "Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." What "they are after" is what Charles is curious about, and he has devoted

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Crown Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0609605399
• ISBN 13: 9780609605394
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 237
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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