Seasons of the Angler : A Fisherman's

This anthology brings together 30 stories, essays, and poems--by such authorsas P.J. O'Rourke, Richard Ford, and Thomas McGuane--that celebrate fishing asa sport and a communion with nature.

Introduction

xv

David Seybold

SYNECDOCHE AND THE TROUT

3

(8)

David Quammen

FISHING BY MAIL

11

(12)

Vance

Philip Bourjaily

LET THEM EAT CAKE

23

(14)

William Hjortsberg

THE DEAD MAN ON WENDIGO BROOK

37

(12)

Robert F. Jones

THE RIVER

49

(2)

Raymond Carver

THE NATIVE

51

(10)

Ernest Hebert

RIVERS THAT GOT AWAY

61

(8)

Verlyn Klinkenborg

THE WORLD'S GREATEST TROUT STREAM

69

(10)

Russell Chatham

THE FISHERMAN WHO GOT AWAY

79

(11)

Thomas Williams

COLD WATER

90

(3)

Donald Hall

DOING IT FOR MONEY

93

(8)

Ron Rau

CONFESSIONS OF A CATFISH HERETIC

101

(8)

Stephen J. Bodio

MY FRIEND, MY FRIEND

109

(10)

Robert Traver

THE WAY A WOMAN THINKS

119

(6)

Dan Gerber

DRINKING SONG

125

(2)

Jim Harrison

BLUNDER BROTHERS: A MEMOIR

127

(14)

Rip Torn

AS WAS THE FATHER, SO IS THE CHILD

141

(6)

Gene Hill

COLORS

147

(4)

Thomas McIntyre

THE FAT LADY'S THIGH

151

(12)

David Seybold

THE ICE FISHERMAN

163

(2)

Thomas Williams

A NEW RIVER

165

(10)

Thomas McGuane

EPSTEIN'S CONVERSION

175

(8)

Charles Gaines

BONEFISH REVENGE

183

(10)

David Simpson

A FLY-FISHING PRIMER

193

(6)

P.J. O'Rourke

COWBOYS

199

(11)

Geoffrey Norman

THOUSAND MOON LAKE

210

(3)

Dan Gerber

SMALL WONDERS

213

(10)

Bill Barich

JIGGERMEN

223

(12)

Ted Williams

LAST VOYAGE OF THE BISMARCK

235

(10)

W.D. Wetherell

CHILDREN

245

Richard Ford

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Seasons of the Angler : A Fisherman's Anthology

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