FISHING GIANTS: AND OTHER MEN OF DERRING-DO. By Robert H. Boyle.
2001 1st edition. 8vo (156 x 233mm). Ppviii,240. B/w photograph. Red and grey paper-covered boards, spine titled in gilt.
"Amazing tales of extraordinary sportsmen. ...Robert H. Boyle collects eccentrics the way the characters he brilliantly portrays collect flies or trophies. These profiles, most of which have appeared in Sports Illustratedover the past three decades, are by turns outrageous, hilarious, and ingenious". Includes profiles of Jack Gartside, James Joyce, Chanler Chapman, John Betts, Zane Grey, Dick Wolters, Joe DeFalco, Vladimir Nabokovand Dr. Herbert Axelrod.
"Amazing tales of extraordinary sportsmen. ...Robert H. Boyle collects eccentrics the way the characters he brilliantly portrays collect flies or trophies. These profiles, most of which have appeared in Sports Illustratedover the past three decades, are by turns outrageous, hilarious, and ingenious". Includes profiles of Jack Gartside, James Joyce, Chanler Chapman, John Betts, Zane Grey, Dick Wolters, Joe DeFalco, Vladimir Nabokovand Dr. Herbert Axelrod.
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Book Code
60800
| Author | Boyle (Robert H.). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 60800 |
| ISBN | 1585744239 / 1585744239. |
| Book Description | Very good in slightly marked dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 2001 |
| Publisher | The Lyons Press. |
| Place | Guilford, Connecticut. |