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This magnificently illustrated, utterly unique book is the extraordinary story of a fly-fisherman's dream come true - the world-wide journey of a lifetime to experience the world's most fabulous - often very remote - fly-fishing destinations. Lyrically written by young American fishing enthusiast, Alexander Taylor, the evocative text is complemented by superb special photography by Beverly and Peter Pickford. As a tribute to Nature and the outdoors, and to the ancient mystique of fly-fishing The Longest Cast is destined to become a timeless classic.
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Around the world, people share a passion for fishing. The Longest Cast chronicles some of the people and places that define fishing as a truly worldwide pursuit.
About the Author
Alexander Taylor won the Stuart O. Chase Award for Creative Literature at Vanderbilt University. A keen fisherman from childhood, his royalties from the book will be donated to the International Game Fishing Association (IGFA) for the preservation of endangered fishing sanctuaries. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Peter and Beverly Pickford are prize-winning photographers who work regularly for National Geographic Magazine. Their work appears in prestige books, including Miracle Rivers, Fly-fishing in Southern Africa and African Birds of Prey. Past winners of the Agfa Wildlife Photographer of the Year award, they are based in South Africa.
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- PublisherNew Holland Publishers Ltd
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 1859749372
- ISBN 13 9781859749371
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages224
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THE LONGEST CAST: THE FLY-FISHING JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME. By Alexander Taylor.
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New Holland. London. 2001, 2001
ISBN 10: 1859749372
ISBN 13: 9781859749371
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Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2001 ). 2001 1st edition. Square folio (272 x 305mm). Pp224. Colour photographs by Peter & Beverley Pickford throughout, maps, illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "This magnificently illustrated book is the extraordinary story of a . world-wide journey of a lifetime to experience the world's best - often very remote - fly-fishing destinations. [It] tells the story of a single, continuous journey across the world, stopping along the way to fish the greatest of places. [This book has been] produced solely to capture the spectacular beauty of that fishing journey." Alexander Taylor fishes in Botswana, South Africa, Argentina, New Zealand, Bhutan, Ireland, Scotland, the Bahamas and Alaska. . Seller Inventory # 19601
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