The Founding Fish
by McPhee, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine DJ
- ISBN 10
- 0374104441
- ISBN 13
- 9780374104443
- Seller
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Morganton, North Carolina, United States
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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 "
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chris Hartmann, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025102
- Title
- The Founding Fish
- Author
- McPhee, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine DJ
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374104441
- ISBN 13
- 9780374104443
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus And Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- American Shad, Shad Fishing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports / Fishing;
Terms of Sale
Chris Hartmann, Bookseller
All books subject to prior sale, returns accepted within 10 days with notification, if not as described. Prices net to all. METHODS OF PAYMENT: Check with order, U.S. bank funds only. I can also accept deposit or credit card payment through PayPal.��NC residents add 6.75% sales tax. SHIPPING: USPS 4th Class Media Mail: $7.00 minimum, some heavy books more, each additional book $4.00. Priority Mail: $12.00 minimum, many books more, depending on weight and your postal zone; please ask for exact amount. FOR ALL NON-U.S. SHIPMENTS, INQUIRE FOR EXACT SHIPPING COSTS. Also inquire for Fedex, or other special handling.
About the Seller
Chris Hartmann, Bookseller
About Chris Hartmann, Bookseller
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