Trout: An Illustrated History - Rilegato

Prosek, James

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 067944453X ISBN 13: 9780679444534

Casa editrice: Knopf, 1996

Riassunto

More than sevety original watercolor paintings complement a close-up study of the trout of North America, describing the various species--common and rare, exotic and extinct--of the continent, with information on the habitats, evolution, and life cycles. 20,000 first printing.

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L'autore:

James Prosek grew up in Easton, Connecticut.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

oped a passion for fishing as a boy, James Prosek searched in vain for a book that catalogued the trout he had come to treasure. Then he began painting them himself, inspired by John James Audubon's classic bird portraits. This is the dazzlingly beautiful result, with more than seventy original watercolors by a true prodigy--only twenty years old and already considered "a fair bid to become the Audubon of the fishing world" (The New York Times).
     The trout of North America range from the Pacific to the Atlantic, and from the Arctic Circle to the Tropic of Cancer. No other book pictures all of the popular varieties, much less the rare, exotic, and in some cases extinct species, subspecies, and strains included in this comprehensive collection. Char; Apache, Gila, and Mexican trout; rainbow, redband, and golden trout; cutthroat trout; brown trout and Atlantic salmon--each of these, and many more, are captured in vivid watercolors, along with engaging,

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• Editore: Knopf
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 067944453X
• ISBN 13: 9780679444534
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 168