Trout Magic - Hardcover
Trout Magic is a warm, joyous, and maverick look at trout fishing and its attendant tall tales, strange happenings, and all-around fishing lore. Traver recounts the story of a mysterious "dancing fly, " speaks pointedly about "kiss-and-tell" fishermen, debunks fly fishermen as the "world's greatest snobs, " lets us in on the fishing story Life missed, and takes us along on his strangest fishing trip. We meet the unforgettable Danny McGinnis, guide, and other choice characters and events from his anything-but-ordinary fishing trips. Traver even has some new angles on women anglers and does a free piece of tongue-in-cheek literary sleuthing into Ernest Hemingway's story "Big Two-Hearted River."
There's enough trout magic here to rub off on every reader -- man, woman, or child -- as Robert Traver weaves his inimitable storytelling spell. Trout Magic is a marvelous catch of wit, wisdom, and anecdote sure to delight everyone who enjoys a master storyteller who just happens to write here about his wonderful world of trout fishing.
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Trout Magic is a warm, joyous look at trout fishing and its attendant tall tales, strange happenings, and all-around fishing lore by the author of Anatomy of a Murder and Trout Madness. John D. Voelker (aka, Robert Traver) recounts the story of a mysterious "dancing fly," speaks pointedly about "kiss-and-tell" fishermen, debunks fly fishermen as the "world's greatest snobs," lets us in on the fishing story Life missed, and takes us along on his strangest fishing trip. We meet the unforgettable Danny McGinnis, guide, and other choice characters and events from his anything-but ordinary fishing trips. Mr. Voelker reveals some new angles on women anglers, and does a fine piece of tongue-in-cheek literary sleuthing regarding Ernest Hemingway's famous story, "Big Two-Hearted River."There's enough trout magic here to rub off on every reader - man, woman, or child - John D. Voelker weaves his inimitable storytelling spell. Trout Magic is a marvelous catch of wit, wisdom, and anecdote sure to delight everyone who enjoys a master storyteller, who has here written about his wonderful world of trout fishing.Here are a few of the stories: "Sins My Father Taught Me," "Is There a Mermaid in Your Creel," "Size Is Not the Measure," "The Ways of Fishermen," "Morris the Rodmaker," and "The Dancing Fly." (71/4 X 101/4, 196 pages, illustrations)
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- PublisherNorthmont Pub Inc
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 1878005502
- ISBN 13 9781878005502
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages216
- IllustratorMilton C. Weiler
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TROUT MAGIC. By John D. Voelker (aka. Robert Traver).
Published by
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Book Description Condition: new. Milton C. Weiler (illustrator). (Hardcover, 1992). (1974) 1992 new edition. Large 8vo (179 x 259mm). Ppvi,216. B/w illustrations by Milton C. Weiler. Maroon cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Boards slightly bowed but a good copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. Voelker wrote his books under the pen-name, Robert Traver. This edition, produced shortly after his death, was the first to be published under his real name. Trout Magic is one of the great American trout fishing books; Traver's stories are full of wisdom and humour. . Seller Inventory # 36505
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Book Description Condition: new. Milton C. Weiler (illustrator). (Hardcover, 1992). (1974) 1992 new edition. Large 8vo (179 x 259mm). Ppvi,216. B/w illustrations by Milton C. Weiler. Maroon cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Slight use but very good in like dust-wrapper. Voelker wrote his books under the pen-name, Robert Traver. This edition, produced shortly after his death, was the first to be published under his real name. Trout Magic is one of the great American trout fishing books; Traver's stories are full of wisdom and humour. . Seller Inventory # 37952
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