The Complete Angler: A Connecticut Yankee Follows in the Footsteps of WaltonHarper Collins, 16 нояб. 2010 г. - Всего страниц: 336 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. |
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... English language , one that has been in print for over three hundred years . I told them during my interview that Walton's words spoke to me , that fishing was my passion , and that his book represented and defended every facet of the ...
... English major , it was only natural that I choose for my subject Izaak Walton and his book The Compleat Angler . The library on campus had ninety or so editions , and when I would flip through one of them , first carefully dusting it ...
... English Department will be demanding their forms soon . Let me give Uncle Hollander a call at home to see if he has any thoughts . " And with that he picked up his phone and dialed another professor , John Hollander , but he was not ...
... English in China was far- ing . Anxiety had a way with me in that late winter cold , in my jacket and tie shivering with a folder full of arguments , maps , and books prepared to make my defense of angling . Well , I said to 8 The ...
... English lan- guage after the Bible and the works of Shakespeare , over four hundred editions in three hundred years . " I showed them my trout book and maps of England and where I wished to travel to convince them that it wasn't just a ...
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Fishing and Friendship | 49 |
The Life of Izaak Walton and an Adventure | 77 |
Holy to Fishermen | 131 |
Good Company Makes the Way Seem Short | 149 |
The Trout in Our River Are Larger | 191 |
Fresh Sheets That Smell of Lavender | 231 |
Fishing with Rheingold | 283 |
Mind the Butterfly | 299 |
Chapter 11 | 311 |
Epilogue | 320 |
Acknowledgments | 321 |
Recommended Reading | 322 |
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