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Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis
by Raines, Howell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0688103464
- ISBN 13
- 9780688103460
- Seller
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Harwinton, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Scranton, Pennsylvania: William Morrow & Co. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0688103464 . Hardcover, 352 pages in fine condition with near fine dustjacket, light wear on jacket edges. Previous owner's name written in book. Part sporting autobiography and part guide-book to life's middle passage. It is filled with the author's love for fly fishing and informed by his years as a journalistic observer of American society and politics. The author turns to a lielong passion for fishing as the central metaphor of his book. A unique glimpse into the male psyche, for middle aged men who are more at home in the out of doors than in men's movement seminars.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
Synopsis
Documenting his progress from the "redneck way of fishing" to the catch-and-release way, the author uses his experiences as a fly fisherman to gently and movingly explore his life, politics, gender, roles, and attitudes toward mortality.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lavender Path Antiques and Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002263
- Title
- Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis
- Author
- Raines, Howell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0688103464
- ISBN 13
- 9780688103460
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Co
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- 0688103464, FLY, FISHING, UNITED, STATES, SPORTS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature Studies; Biography;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lavender Path Antiques and Books
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Harwinton, Connecticut
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