The Complete Angler
The Complete Angler

Author: James Prosek

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2010-11-16

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 0061951579

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James Prosek has been called "the Audubon of the fishing world" by the New York Times. A passionate fisherman and talented artist from a young age, he published two illustrated books on fish and fishing while still an undergraduate at Yale. After winning a traveling fellowship to follow in the footsteps of Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler became his obsession. He was fascinated by Walton, a humble man who won the friendship of kings, and he was intrigued by the book's philosophies concerning the timelessness and immortality that could be achieved by fishing. Although Walton was sixty when The Compleat Angler was published and Prosek only twenty when he set off to visit England, they each had traits in common: a love of fishing and an extraordinary ability to make friends. This is the story of a young man's pilgrimage through England, fishing the waters that are now privately held. Along with wonderful stories about good times, great fishing, and fine eating, this trip becomes an exploration of Waltonian ideals: how to live with humor, wisdom, contentment, and simplicity. The original watercolors complementing the text are wonderful. Like Walton's book, The Complete Angler is not about fishing but about life. Or rather, it is about fishing—but fishing is life.

Hemingway on Fishing
Hemingway on Fishing

Author: Ernest Hemingway

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-12-11

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1476716412

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"Hemingway on Fishing is an encompassing, diverse, and fascinating assemblage. From the early Nick Adams stories and the memorable chapters on fishing the Irati River in The Sun Also Rises to such late novels as Islands in the Stream, this collection traces the evolution of a great writer's passion, the range of his interests, and the sure use he made of fishing, transforming it into the stuff of great literature."--Jacket.

The Compleat Angler - Legacy Edition
The Compleat Angler - Legacy Edition

Author: Isaak Walton

Publisher:

Published: 2019-12-15

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9781643890487

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This deluxe reprint Legacy Edition of Isaak Walton's The Compleat Angler (Complete Angler) is full of old-time tips and methods for catching that legendary big fish. First published in 1653, this timeless book is loaded with stories and secrets of the sport of fishing. Almost four centuries old, this book has served as the definitive fishing manual for generations! This version reprints an edition with beautiful antique illustrations and line art to compliment Walton's explanation of fishing skills.

The Compleat Angler
The Compleat Angler

Author: Izaak Walton

Publisher: J. Missouri

Published: 2013-09-01

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9781940777009

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The Compleat Angler, Izaak Walton's fishing classic, is a celebration of the art and spirit of fishing. Through prose, verse, song, and folklore, Walton inspires readers to go into nature -- to go to its meandering streams and rivers -- and fish. Walton teaches us about a life filled with harmony between nature, man, and God; and a life spent in the company of friends and free from the hustle of the city.

Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder
Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder

Author: Lawrence Weschler

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2013-03-20

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 0307833984

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Finalist for Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Pronged ants, horned humans, a landscape carved on a fruit pit--some of the displays in David Wilson's Museum of Jurassic Technology are hoaxes. But which ones? As he guides readers through an intellectual hall of mirrors, Lawrence Weschler revisits the 16th-century "wonder cabinets" that were the first museums and compels readers to examine the imaginative origins of both art and science.