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To catch a fish essays on the joy, frustration, curiosity, and allure of fishing

"From the award-winning, New York Times best-selling author of Cod and Salt, To Catch a Fish is an entertaining and beautifully written illustrated collection of essays that explore a lifetime fascination with fishing. Guiding readers through the waters and into the mind of the fish, Kurlansky consi...

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Main Author: Kurlansky, Mark (Author)
Other Authors: Dostie, Bri (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2026]
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Fishing > Anecdotes.
Essays.
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Summary:"From the award-winning, New York Times best-selling author of Cod and Salt, To Catch a Fish is an entertaining and beautifully written illustrated collection of essays that explore a lifetime fascination with fishing. Guiding readers through the waters and into the mind of the fish, Kurlansky considers who fish are and why they behave the way they do, and along the way delves into the many approaches to catching a fish, their ecology, and the ins and outs of cooking and eating your catch"--
Physical Description:173 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781635869729
1635869722
Author Notes:Mark Kurlansky is the author of The Basque History of the World, the New York Times bestseller Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (among the New York Public Library's Best Books of the Year in 1998), as well as A Chosen Few: The Resurrection of European Jewry; A Continent of Islands: Searching for the Caribbean Destiny, and several acclaimed works of short fiction and journalism about the Caribbean. He spent seven years as the Caribbean correspondent for the Chicago Tribune.

He lives in New York City.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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