From the highly acclaimed author of "Ninety-Two in the Shade" and "Nothing But Blue Skies" comes this collection of 33 exquisite essays borne of a ...
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Sep 15, 2008
Sam
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Great writing in the fly fishing genre.
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Dec 12, 2009
Bhall
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This is a series of stories about McGuane's experiences fishing. It's very similar to the Jim Harrison or Guy de la Valdene books about fishign and hunting that I also enjoyed, who also appear in the stories.
Well worth reading on a vacation, or in a deer stand just looking at animals and not really hunting as I did!
Well worth reading on a vacation, or in a deer stand just looking at animals and not really hunting as I did!
Oct 24, 2008
Dreemy
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This is one of the great fishing/travel books of all time. Whether it will ever have a wide enough readership to be recognized as such is another matter.
This guy can describe the feeling in an angler's heart as he watches a bonefish approach a lure in the crystal blue water over shallow florida keys sands in a way that makes you feel like you have been there and done it yourself.
Treading the thin line between pretension and exquisite descrciptive prose, he draws the read More...
This guy can describe the feeling in an angler's heart as he watches a bonefish approach a lure in the crystal blue water over shallow florida keys sands in a way that makes you feel like you have been there and done it yourself.
Treading the thin line between pretension and exquisite descrciptive prose, he draws the read More...
Dec 14, 2008
Tom
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It could be the best book ever written. It's about fishing. Every story! Oh and life, philosophy and stuff. But mainly fishing. If I know you and you haven't have been given this for christmas then I'm either about to or I don't like you.
Nov 27, 2010
John
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This book was good. Thats about the easiest way to explain it. There is a central theme to this collection of short stories, and that theme is tied into the title of the book.
Honestly, I almost gave up reading the book after several of the saltwater fishing tales that were set against the backdrop of locales that I will never be lucky enough to venture into. However, McGuane's passion is translated through his writing, and I am glad I finished the entire collection of short stor More...
Honestly, I almost gave up reading the book after several of the saltwater fishing tales that were set against the backdrop of locales that I will never be lucky enough to venture into. However, McGuane's passion is translated through his writing, and I am glad I finished the entire collection of short stor More...
Sep 06, 2010
Justin
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I don't think it's hyperbolic to say that McGuane is the best stylist of anyone in his field, and the book's worth the read for that aspect alone. The only flaw to me was that the book lacked urgency, in a way that sometimes was a patient reflective tone, and sometimes came across as a lack of intensity. I'm not sure what to ascribe it to, given how well McGuane handles everything, including the should-be-cliche topic of a fisherman through the seasons.
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Aug 05, 2010
Matt
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This is an awesome book, one of the great collections of fishing writing. If someone were planning to become an outdoor writer, they should try to pattern their work on these essays.
Dec 02, 2008
Bob
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I've read twice. Well written but especially good if you're into fishing.
Apr 06, 2010
Darrell
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This is a great fishing/essay read. Thomas McGuane is a great writer.
Jan 27, 2008
Tom
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McGuane's grasp of the language is powerful, and his essays on a lifetime of fishing are both perceptive and powerful.
Truly this may be the best essay book on fly fishing ever written; everything from his time at Key West to his more contemporary existence on his Montana ranch falls under the scrutiny of his pen.
A brilliant piece of work -- and a great read for anyone interested in what the fly fishing life looks like.
Truly this may be the best essay book on fly fishing ever written; everything from his time at Key West to his more contemporary existence on his Montana ranch falls under the scrutiny of his pen.
A brilliant piece of work -- and a great read for anyone interested in what the fly fishing life looks like.
Jul 20, 2008
Unky
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A series of outstanding essays about McGuane's sporting life, and evidence of why McGuane is one of my heroes...what other writer has such an interesting and fulfilling external life to match the one created by his or her heart and mind.
Jul 22, 2009
Devo
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such a great book, this guy has a way with words and has lived such an amazing life, a kin to Jimmy Buffett but yet different. If you like fishing of any kind you will enjoy this book.
May 29, 2008
Todd
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It is a book of essays about fish and fishing and more so the spiritual act of connecting oneself to the rivers and the lakes and the seas.
Jul 13, 2008
fishing is his excuse for some of the best writing from
a concentrated eye ..thanks cristin
a concentrated eye ..thanks cristin
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