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 Author Name: Robert H. Boyle
Title: FISHING GIANTS AND OTHER MEN OF DERRING-DO: AMAZING TALES OF EXTRAORDINARY SPORTSMEN
Binding: Hardcover
Type: BOOK
Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT ( THE LYONS PRESS
ISBN Number: 1585744239 / 9781585744237
Seller ID: 1028410
20 of Boyle's best profiles of some of the most talented and offbeat sportsmen in America. Entertaining, insightful portraits of individuals with very special talents. Included are: Zane Grey, Dick Wolters, John Betts, & more. 6x9 inches, 240 pgs.
'Here, from the pages of Sports Illustrated, are entertaining, insightful portraits of individuals with very special talents.
Robert H. Boyle collects eccentrics the way the characters he brilliantly portrays collect flies or trophies. Here gathered are twenty of his best profiles of some of the most talented and offbeat sportsmen in America. These essays, which have appeared in Sports Illustrated over the past three decades, are by turns outrageous, hilarious, and ingenious. Meet:
Chanler Chapman, 'the most eccentric man in America.'
Joe DeFalco, who hosts a Las Vegas'type act in which he demonstrates to a crowd of 10,000 how to dress a deer.
John Betts, a famous fly tier who uses synthetic materials including, surprisingly, ladies lingerie.
Jack Gartside, a Boston cab driver who ties flies between fares (he's got a vice that attaches to his steering wheel).
Zane Grey, the famous novelist who lived to fish'and was one of the finest fisherman who ever lived.
Dick Wolters, who came to dog training, fly fishing, and sailplaning late in life, and revolutionized them all.
Also included are: the great retriever trainer Jack Cassidy; fish-obsessed aerosol tycoon Bob Abplanalp; famous fly-tier Harry Darbee; Wall Streeter and duck hunter extraordinaire Donal O'Brien; chef, caterer, and eccentric fisherman Joe Hyde; unabashed poacher Art Broadie; former boxing manager turned fly-fishing fanatic Cus D'Amato; Lefty Kreh, the best light-tackle fisherman who ever lived; and more.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Robert H. Boyle is the author of ten books, including the classic The Hudson River. His writing has appeared in Sports Illustrated, The New York Times Book Review, Atlantic, Field & Stream, Outdoor Life, The New Yorker, Time, Audubon, and scores of other major magazines and newspapers. He lives in Cold Spring, New York.
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