{"product_id":"the-best-fishing-stories-ever-told-50-classic-tales-paperback","title":"The Best Fishing Stories Ever Told: 50+ Classic Tales - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNick Lyons\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDavid Halberstam\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClassic stories about fishing compiled and edited by an expert angler\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Best Fishing Stories Ever \u003c\/i\u003eTold celebrates the art of hunting fish at many angles. This ancient tradition is practiced all over the world. Tales of baiting, angling, and the watery outdoors are recounted by great writers such as Rudyard Kipling, Guy de Maupassant, and Lord Byron. In scenic rivers, lakes, and seas, praise the trout, snap up that salmon, angle, aim, and sing the fisherman's song  This superbly presented collection of fishing stories will set the reader sailing on the Loch or along the Thames and tracking down sharks or carp in many exciting waterways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e You will find memories, essays, true stories, and fishing accounts more or less exaggerated or imagined. Their authors and their editor, Nick Lyons, all share a communicable passion for a great day out fishing--a passion only surpassed by the love of telling the tale with or without the catch to show  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With work by more than fifty of the world's most eminent authors and fishermen, including: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn McPhee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eHowell Raines\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eTed Leeson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eJimmy Carter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eLefty Kreh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eDave Barry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorman Maclean\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eRudyard Kipling\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd many more \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Lyons\u003c\/b\u003e is a former English professor and book publisher, as well as the author and editor of many books on various topics. Lyons has also written hundreds of essays, which have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Harper's, National Geographic, Field \u0026amp; Stream, Outdoor Life, Big Sky Journal, The Pennsylvania Gazette, \u003c\/i\u003eand widely elsewhere. His memoir, \u003ci\u003eFire in the Straw: Notes on Inventing a Life\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Arcade Publishing in 2020. He lives in New York City. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Halberstam \u003c\/b\u003ewas the winner of the 1964 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting. In the fall of 2007, his twenty-first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Coldest Winter\u003c\/i\u003e, about the Chinese entry into the Korean War, was published by Hyperion. His prior fourteen books, starting with \u003ci\u003eThe Best and the Brightest\u003c\/i\u003e, have been national bestsellers. He passed away in April 2007.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768324849952,"sku":"9781510765696","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fe6d1391dabc2270eaf31b8acd0da505.webp?v=1780327047","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-best-fishing-stories-ever-told-50-classic-tales-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}