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The Founding Fish by John A. McPhee (2002, Hardcover)
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Author: John A. McPhee
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Publication Date: 2002-09-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0374104441
ISBN-13: 9780374104443
Product ID: EPID1814705
Description: John McPhee brings his expertise as a naturalist (and fisherman) to bear on the shad, exploring the fish's biology and its history, and including many of McPhee's own entertaining and enlightening anecdotes from the river. A New York Tim...
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An Actual Entertaining Take On Shad!
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If you know McPhee...this is classic writing for him. It is a blend of field research (read into that--standing on a shore flipping lures for shad) with historical and technical background.
The book explores everything from the biology of the shad to its historical role in American culture, and it does so without bogging down...which is quite an accomplishment. The book is never overly-technical, but informative enough fill pretty much anyone's head with a lot of information they never knew before.
If you're a fisherman, American history buff, fan of McPhee or any of the above I would recommend this book to you.
The book explores everything from the biology of the shad to its historical role in American culture, and it does so without bogging down...which is quite an accomplishment. The book is never overly-technical, but informative enough fill pretty much anyone's head with a lot of information they never knew before.
If you're a fisherman, American history buff, fan of McPhee or any of the above I would recommend this book to you.
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Thank you for voting. If your vote meets our THE FOUNDING FISHA classic book about shad and shad fishing. The book's only drawback is the lack of an index. It needs one because there is so much information that it is difficult to find if you want to go back to it. I bought the book because I own a museum dedicated to shad(HADDAM SHAD MUSEUM), and I am a shad fisherman.
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