To Catch a Fish: Essays on the Joy, Frustration, Curiosity, and Allure of Fishing
Review Quotes: "Kurlansky's research-filled love letter to fishing will appeal equally to seasoned fishers and complete novices."-- Library Journal Review Quotes: "This informative book is almost a guilty pleasure. It is perfectly paired with lovely...
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Review Quotes: My First Fish The Secret to Catching Fish Offering Nothing: Fishing Without Bait Fishing for Money Fishing from a Boat How a Fish Fights What a Smart Fish Knows Fish Fighting Styles Face to Face The Original American Fishers Surf Casting Fishing Buddies Going Out for a Spin Wise and Humble The Casting Ballet Fair Play Beautiful Bugs The Mystery of Salmon Fishing by the Seat of Your Pants The Bigger the Fish The Perfect Rod Women Who Fish Part Two: What Do I Do with It Now? Keepers Is It Cruel to Catch a Fish? Bleeding a Fish The Scale of the Task Keeping a Head in the Game Showing Some Guts What Most People Want to Eat How to Cook a Fish Catching a Salt Fish Two Celebrity Fish Dishes The Seam Bream (and My Favorite Recipe) Part Three: Fishing by the Book Believing in Poets It May Be Wisdom The Quiet Fish A Favorite Contemporary: Norman Maclean That Delicious Pull By the Banks of the Trailer Park Big Two-Faced River Appendix: A Guide for Fish Ten Tips to Help Avoid Being Caught Bibliography Acknowledgments Biographical Note: Mark Kurlansky is a former commercial fisherman, journalist, and the New York Times bestselling author of Cod, Salt, The Big Oyster, and dozens of other books of fiction and non-fiction. He's won numerous awards, including the James A. Beard Award, ALA Notable Book Award, and New York Public Library Best Books of the Year Award, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Audubon Magazine, Food & Wine, The Los Angeles Times, and more. He lives with his wife and daughter in New York City and Gloucester, Massachusetts. Review Citations:
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