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The Compleat Angler : Or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation
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The Compleat Angler : Or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation Paperback - 1998

by Cotton, Charles, Walton, Izaak

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Since its first publication in 1653, Izaak Walton's classic celebration of the joys of fishing has captivated anglers and nature lovers with its timeless advice and instruction. This unique edition includes reproductions of etchings and woodcuts from the 1844 Major edition.

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  • Title The Compleat Angler : Or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation
  • Author Cotton, Charles, Walton, Izaak
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 464
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Random House Publishing Group, New York
  • Date 1998-05-26
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 5481069-6
  • ISBN 9780375751486 / 0375751483
  • Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.12 x 5.2 x 1 in (20.62 x 13.21 x 2.54 cm)
  • Reading level 1210
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Library of Congress subjects Fishing - Early works to 1800
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-12963
  • Dewey Decimal Code 799.12

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About this book

'The Compleat Angler' is the most famous book ever published in the literature of sport. It is also a work whose unique celebration of the English countryside has attracted readers around the world since it first appeared in 1653. Izaak Walton issued the final version of his beloved book in 1676.

'The Compleat Angler' is both a manual of instruction and a vision of society in harmony with nature. It guides the novice fisherman on how to catch and cook a variety of fish, on how to select and prepare the best bait and make artificial flies, and on the habits of freshwater fish. It promotes angling as a communal activity in which the bonds of friendship are forged through the shared experience of the natural world. Walton lived through turbulent times and found in nature the best salve for national tragedy and personal sorrow. -

About the author

Izaak Walton, one of the earliest English biographers, is best remembered as the author of The Compleat Angler. In 1676 Walton asked a young follower, the poet Charles Cotton, to furnish a supplement on fly-fishing for the fifth edition of the book, a project that the two pursued at a cottage on the banks of the Dove River in Derbyshire.

Charles Cotton (1630-1687) was a country gentleman, poet, and translator, who built a fishing house for himself and Izaak Walton at his birthplace, Beresford Hall in Staffordshire. In 1676, at Walton's invitation, he wrote the second part to The Compleat Angler.

Before stepping down in 2003, Howell Raines was executive editor of The New York Times. He is the author of Whiskey Man, a novel, and My Soul Is Rested, an oral history of the Civil Rights movement. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 1992.

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