SALMON RUN. By Jack Charlton with Tony Francis.

1992 1st edition. Large 8vo paperback (188 x 244mm). Pp95. Colour and b/w photographs.

"Salmon, the king of fish, remains one of life's great mysteries. In Salmon Run, based on the Yorkshire Television series of the same name, Jack Charlton sets out to discover why the salmon casts such a spell. He explores world famous salmon beats, from Balmoral on the river Dee to Norway and the Arctic. Jack meets the Queen Mother's ghillie, and people whose livelihood depends upon the river, from Scottish landowners who introduced 'timeshare' fishing, to poachers who know no other way of life. He watches salmon spawning on the Tyne, enjoys the beautiful rivers of County Galway and shares a fishing trip with Alaskan brown bears who compete for the thousands of Pacific salmon." Chapters include:- The king of fish; Rich man, poor man; Viking line; Up the junction; Arctic wilderness; God's little acre; Women's touch.