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The Compleat Angler: or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation (Modern Library
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The Compleat Angler: or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation (Modern Library Classics) Trade paperback - 1998

by Izaak Walton,Charles Cotton

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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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Modern Library, May 1998. Trade Paperback. VG-. used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners a bit bumped, some scuffing/wear to covers. binding is straight and tight with no marks to text or other serious flaws.
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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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