Black Rabbit Hall
by Eve Chase
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399174125
- ISBN 13
- 9780399174124
- Seller
-
krotz springs, Louisiana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
McPhee’s twenty-sixth book is a fascinating example of personal history, natural history, and American history in descending order. Every spring, American shad-Alosa sapidissima leave the ocean in groups of thousands and run distances upriver to spawn. John McPhee, a shad fisherman himself, recounts the shad’s role in the lives of George Washington and Henry David Thoreau. He fishes with and visits the laboratories of famous ichthyologists during which he takes instruction in the making of the darts from a master of the art, fishes in various North American rivers, and cooks shad in a variety of ways. In the words of Bill Pride for The Denver post, he " fishes the same way he writes books, avidly and intensely. He wants to know everything about the fish he's after, its history, its habits, its place in the cosmos "
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Box 214 (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010479
- Title
- Black Rabbit Hall
- Author
- Eve Chase
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399174125
- ISBN 13
- 9780399174124
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Place of Publication
- Ny
- Date Published
- 2016
Terms of Sale
Box 214
All books are professionaly wrapped and packed. Mailed promptly. Returns accepted if item is not as described.
About the Seller
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...