THE FOUNDING FISH by McPhee, John - 2002

NY: Farrar, Straus And Giroux. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 0374104441; Binding's top and bottom edges are faded, else Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Very minor edge soil/foxing. Gift note on front pastedown. Contents are almost as new, with no writing or other entries on the text. Very minor wear and soil on the complete DJ, with price and information intact. ; FIRST PRINTING of the FIRST EDITION, 2002. 8-1/2" Tall, 358pp. Gray boards, black spine, bright silver spine lettering. FISHING / HISTORY. "McPLhee is a shad fisherman; he presents his obsession in bold and spirited prose, laced with humor. His research illuminates the sometimes surprising relevance of this fish in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century America, and its unique appeal to imaginative historians. McPhee fishes with and visits the laboratories of various ichthyologists, including a fish behavorist and an anatomist of fishes. Mostly, though, he goes fishing for shad in various North American rivers, especially in the Delaware River, nearest his home. His adventures in pursuit of shad occasion the kind of writing - expert and ardent - at which he has no equal. " ... An Appendix contains information on Cooking Shad. .