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John Hersey Blues
BANTAM (BDD)/RANDOM HOUSE 0394757025 / 9780394757025 Paperback BOOK
A rich & vivid sense of ocean life - part philosophy, part natural history, part cookbook, part fishing lore. The pleasures of a summer's bluefishing off Martha's Vineyard are marvelously evoked as John Hersey reflects upon the angler's art. The authentic voices, vivid recollections & songs of 55 blues musicians.
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"Almost no one has answered 'why fish'' better than Mr. Hersey....what he does best of all is evoke wonder." -- The New York Times Book Review
"Blues is, of course, about much more than the pleasures and techniques of fishing; it is, as Fisherman tells Stranger, about interconnections -- the ties between mankind and the natural world, among others." -- The New Yorker
"Wonderful...He gives us a rich and vivid sense of ocean life....The whole thing is as stately as a minuet, and as graceful." -- Chicago Sun-Times
"Blues informs and enlightens in the grand tradition of open-air, 'universe-in-a-grain-of-sand' writing....Part philosophy, part natural history, part cookbook, part fishing lore, this is a book as singular as its author and his distinguished career." -- Baltimore Sun
Price:
13.00 USD
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