THE FOUNDING FISH. By John McPhee.
2002 1st edition. 8vo hardback. Ppviii,358. Black and grey boards.
A wide-ranging look at the history, natural and cultural, of the American shad and its fishery - including much on angling for, and eating, shad. ...McPhee is a shad fisherman, he waits all year for the short spring season when delicious American shad leave the ocean in hundreds of thousands to spawn. ...His adventures in pursuit of shad occasion writing ...at which he has no equal."
A wide-ranging look at the history, natural and cultural, of the American shad and its fishery - including much on angling for, and eating, shad. ...McPhee is a shad fisherman, he waits all year for the short spring season when delicious American shad leave the ocean in hundreds of thousands to spawn. ...His adventures in pursuit of shad occasion writing ...at which he has no equal."
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Book Code
12327
| Author | McPhee (John). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 12327 |
| ISBN | 0374104441 / 0374104441 / PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 19.95. |
| Book Description | Ink mark to edge but a fine new unread copy in dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 2002 |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Place | New York. |