From childhood on, Ernest Hemingway was a
passionate fisherman. He fished the lakes and creeks near the family's
summer home at Walloon Lake, Michigan, and his first stories and
reportages were often about his favorite sport. Here, collected for the
first time in one volume, are all of his great writings about the many
kinds of fishing he did -- from trout in the rivers of northern
Michigan to marlin in the Gulf Stream.
In A Moveable Feast, Hemingway speaks of sitting in a café
in Paris and writing about what he knew best -- and when it came time
to stop, he "did not want to leave the river." The story was the
unforgettable classic, "Big Two-Hearted River," and from its first
words we do not want to leave the river either. He also wrote articles
for the Toronto Star on fishing in Canada and Europe and, later,
articles for Esquire about his growing passion for big-game fishing.
His last books, The Old Man and the Sea and Islands in the Stream,
celebrate his vast knowledge of the ocean and his affection for its
great denizens.
Hemingway
on Fishing is an encompassing, diverse, and fascinating
collection. 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; the sure use
he made of fishing, transforming it into the stuff of great literature.
Anglers and lovers of great writing alike will welcome this important
collection. |
Hemingway on Fishing
by Ernest Hemingway
The Lyons Press,
2007
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