Zane Grey On Fishing - Softcover

Grey, Zane

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ISBN 10: 159228664X ISBN 13: 9781592286645

Publisher: Lyons Pr, 2005

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Though he made his name and his fortune as an author of western novels, Zane Grey's best writing has to do with fishing. There he was free from the conventions of the western genre and the expectations of the market, and he was able to blend his talent for narrative with his keen eye for detail and humor, much of it self-deprecating, into books and articles that are both informative and exciting.
His first published fishing article appeared in 1902, and he continued to write books and articles on angling until his death in 1939. From the trout streams and bass rivers of the East to the steelhead rivers of the Northwest; from the offshore angling of Nova Scotia and California to the unexplored waters of New Zealand and the South Sea islands, Grey was constantly in motion, sometimes fishing three hundred days a year, always writing to support his passion. At one time or another he held more than a dozen saltwater records, yet he always returned from the big game to the freshwater streams he had learned to love as a boy.
This book is a selection of some of Grey's best work, and the stories and excerpts reveal a man who understood that angling is more than an activity--it is a way of seeing, a way of being more fully a part of the natural world. No writer exceeds Zane Grey's ability to integrate the fishing experience with a world he saw so vividly.

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About the Author:

Terry Mort has degrees in literature from Princeton University and the University of Michigan. His short stories and articles have appeared in a number of national periodicals, and his two historical novels were published in 2004. He is also the author of The Reasonable Art of Fly Fishing and the editor of Jack London on Adventure. He lives in Sonoita, Arizona.

Review:

"Zane Grey on Fishing offers some of the author's best writing: don't let this one get away!"--Library Journal

"The book is a selection of some of Grey's best work, and the stories and excerpts reveal a man who understood that angling is more than an activity. It is a lifestyle."--Great Lakes Boating

"What has virtually remained hidden behind his conventional formulalike books in the Western genre is that Grey's best writing came when he wrote about angling. Here he was free to blend his talent for narrative and sense of humour. " --Atlantic Salmon Journal

"Of course, the big daddy of far-flung fishing is Zane Grey. This is an excellent...reader for those who may want to dip into his truly fabulous fishing life. --Gray's Sporting Journal

"His talent as a storyteller, his keen eye for detail and his humorous nature all come through in this collection of excerpts and essays. This book is a great way to get away-without ever leaving home."--Phoenix magazine

"This holds some of his best literary pieces on fishing and is a lovely, smooth collection thanks to the superb editing of Terry Mort. Highly recommended."-- Bookwatch

"Surely the longer a man fishes the wealthier he becomes in experience, in reminiscence, in love of nature, if he goes out with the harvest of a quiet eye, free from the plague of himself."
--Zane Grey

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