Compleat Tangler - Hardcover

Thelwell, Norman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0749017015 ISBN 13: 9780749017019

Publisher: Allison & Busby, 2014

Synopsis

What do fishermen really get up to when they abandon a warm bed before the crack of dawn, stuff a haversack with tins of assorted maggots, half a hundredweight of pulped bread and a folding campstool, and disappear into the drizzle? Thelwell presents his report.

About this title

About the Author:

Norman Thelwell contributed more than 1,600 cartoons to Punch magazine and worked as political cartoonist for the News Chronicle, then at the Sunday Express and Tatler. He was particularly well-known for his cartoons on horse riding, fishing, sailing, motoring and English country life and was one of the founder members of the British Cartoonists' Association.

Review:

'Fans of Norman Thelwell's barrel-shaped hairy ponies rejoice: publisher Allison & Busby is reissuing four tongue-in-cheek guides to rural life from the cartoonist's archive' Country Life Magazine 'These quirky cartoon books [offer] a trip down memory lane for Thelwell's long-established fans and a breath of fresh air for a new generation of outdoor pursuit lovers' Lancashire Evening Post

About this edition

• Publisher: Allison & Busby
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0749017015
• ISBN 13: 9780749017019
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208