Fishing's Best Short Stories
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A handful of sinister characters and dark plots pepper this collection, but for the most part, these 25 tales portray fishermen as endearing folk, good humored and quick with a yarn, eager to help a novice, and famously prone to exaggerate. The scenery includes roiling oceans, still ponds, swift rivers, and bubbling brooks, and the fish themselves range from the noble trout to salmon, tarpon, bass, dolphin, permit, flounder, grouper, weakfish, northern pike, and even a sea monster. This collection includes three classic stories: the Grimm fairy tale "The Fisherman and His Wife," first published in 1815; "A Fishing Excursion," by the mid-19th-century French writer Guy de Maupassant; and Henry Van Dyke's 1899 tale, "The Fatal Success." The remaining stories span the 20th century and represent contemporary favorites such as Stephen King and E. Annie Proulx; early-century masters Stephen Vincent Benet and John Taintor Foote; and Philip Wylie, P. J. O'Rourke, Robert Traver, among others.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:155652403X
ISBN13:9781556524035
Release Date:June 2000
Publisher:Chicago Review Press
Length:400 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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Highly recommending reading for all anglers.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
The next best thing to fishing is to read about fishing. In Fishing's Best Short Stories, Paul Staudohar has gathered almost twenty-five memorable stories from the mid-19th to the 20th century from some of the most popular and respected writers which truly capture the spirit of the sport. The contributors include Stephen King, P.J. O'Rourke, Guy De Maupassant, Robert Traver, Joyce Renwick, Henry van Dyke, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, E. Annie Proulx, Thomas McGuane, Philip Wyle, John Taintor Foote, Bob Shacochis, Stephen Vincent Bent, Jack Gilchrist, Bob Shcochis, Robert Traver, Elmer Ransom, Geoffrey Norman, Weldon Stone, Jason Lucas, Edwin L. Peterson, Roland Pertwee, Paul Hyde Bonner, Warren Gibson, and Sparse Grey Hackle. Fishing's Best Short Stories is highly recommended reading for anyone who has ever had rod and reel in their hands, or waded hip deep in streams and rivers, or angled from a boat on ponds and lakes.
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