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The longest silence : a life in fishing  Cover Image Book Book

The longest silence : a life in fishing

McGuane, Thomas. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 0679454853 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0679454853 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780679454854 (alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: print
    xvi, 280 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note: Some remarks -- Small streams in Michigan -- Back in Ireland -- Sakonnet -- Twilight on the buffalo paddock -- Angling versus acts of God -- Twenty-fish days -- Henry's fork -- Tying flies -- Spring -- Runoff -- The big hold -- Midstream -- Seasons through the net -- Southern salt -- The longest silence -- Close to the bone -- Weather -- A world-record dinner -- Tarpon hunting -- Silver king : a glimpse -- The hard way -- The sea-run fish -- Wesley's river -- Sur -- Fly-fishing the evil empire -- Of the dean -- Snapshots from the whale -- Izaak Walton -- Iceland -- Roderick Haig-Brown -- Down under -- Unfounded opinions -- Sons.
Summary, etc.: In a compilation of thirty-three essays, the author reflects on the world of angling as he shares his observations on his quarry, great fishing spots around the world, and fishing equipment.
Subject: Fishing
Fishing Fiction

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Southbury Public Library.

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