Trout Magic, Paperback/Robert Traver
Descriere
Contributor(s):Author: Robert Traver Trout Magic is a warm, joyous, and maverick look at trout fishing and its attendant tall tales, strange happenings, and all-around fishing lore. Traver recounts the story of a mysterious "dancing fly, " speaks pointedly about "kiss-and-tell" fishermen, debunks fly fishermen as the "world's greatest snobs, " lets us in on the fishing story Life missed, and takes us along on his strangest fishing trip. We meet the unforgettable Danny Mc Ginnis, guide, and other choice characters and events from his anything-but-ordinary fishing trips. Traver even has some new angles on women anglers and does a free piece of tongue-in-cheek literary sleuthing into Ernest Hemingway's story "Big Two-Hearted River."There's enough trout magic here to rub off on every reader -- man, woman, or child -- as Robert Traver weaves his inimitable storytelling spell. Trout Magic is a marvelous catch of wit, wisdom, and anecdote sure to delight everyone who enjoys a master storyteller who just happens to write here about his wonderful world of trout fishing.
Despre autor
John Donaldson Voelker, cunoscut și sub pseudonimul Robert Traver, a fost un avocat, scriitor și pescar cu muscă de renume din Peninsula Superioară a Michiganului. Născut și crescut în Ishpeming, a urmat ulterior Facultatea de Drept a Universității din Michigan.
