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Title: At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman by John Gierach ISBN: 0-7432-2992-4 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 02 April, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Observant, wry & well written notes on the fishing life
Comment: It is amazing that John Gierach can keep putting out interesting books on essentially the same topic without getting very repetitious. This is another compilation of essays in a long series chronicling his fishing life and the issues that have impact upon it.
His first book, Trout Bum, established his persona...a trout-obsessed fly-fisher who puts everything in life second to the sport. Whether or not this is actually true we don't know, but I suspect that it is pretty much accurate. Unlike most of the bums that I've known(ski bums, golf bums, bass bums) Gierach has managed to make a living from his obsession. I guess that this is a good thing for him...it certainly is good for his readers!
Rating: 5
Summary: FUNNY - PARTS HYSTERICAL
Comment: I read this book aloud to my husband while we were driving to Colorado on a fly fishing trip. We loved it. There are really some funny parts in the book. Very enjoyable - easy to read. There is also lots of good information in the book about fly fishing.
Rating: 5
Summary: John continues a strong streak
Comment: Mr. Gierach has published another fine compilation of his marvelous short stories. The craft of writing is never easy and crafting short stories is far more difficult than blathering on for page after page in a mighty tome.
I could easily read this in an hour or two, but I'm reading these stories one-at-a-time because I want to enjoy each new story in its own space. I guess I'm savoring this book as if it was some fine wine or a great pastry...you simply don't gulp it down.
Thanks again for your fine writing, Mr. Gierach. The art of writing short fly fishing stories is a difficult one to master and Mr. Prosek, Mr. Leeson, Ms. Proulx, Mr. Luce, Mr. Babb, Mr. Proper, Mr. McGuane and Nick and Mari Lyons have all made the grade. I won't try to rank any of these fine contemporary authors (though Mr. Prosek's watercolors and Mari Lyons' illustrations (not all watercolors) add a fine edge to the text in their works).
Mr. McGuane notes on the slipcover that Mr. Gierach out fished him the last time they were on the stream together and that he would have been willing to give Mr. Gierach faint praise (if only to even the score), but Mr. McGuane - an honest fisherman (apologies to Sparse) - correctly rates the quality of this fine work (who would put a bad review on the slipcover, anyway?).
I own all of Mr. Gierach's works and this is one of his best. Literate, humorous, and a nice guide for those of us who are a bit younger . . .we can see how a little more living helps hone an individual's perception of the important things in life.
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Title: Zipping My Fly: Moments in the Life of an American Sportsman by Rich Tosches ISBN: 0399528199 Publisher: Perigee Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Fly Fisherman's Guide to the Meaning of Life: What a Lifetime on the Water Has Taught Me About Love, Work, Food, Sex, and Getting Up Early (Guides to the Meaning of Life) by Peter Kaminsky ISBN: 157954584X Publisher: Rodale Press Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Trout from Small Streams by Dave Hughes ISBN: 0811700313 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Jerusalem Creek: Journeys into Driftless Country by Ted Leeson ISBN: 1585745545 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Splitting Cane: Conversations With Bamboo Rodmakers by Ed Engle, John Gierach ISBN: 0811700089 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: 10 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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