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  1. Trout Fishing in America / The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster / In Watermelon Sugar (collective work)

    by Richard Brautigan

    A Brautigan omnibus, reissued in paperback in celebration of its twentieth anniversary, this one-volume edition includes three contemporary classics that embody the spirit of the 1960s.

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  2. The Hungry Ocean

    by Linda Greenlaw

    THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER--NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK! Known to millions of readers of The Perfect Storm as the captain of the Hannah Boden, sister ship to the Andrea Gail, Linda Greenlaw is also known as one of the best sea captains on the East Coast. Here she offers an... (learn more about this book)

  3. All Fishermen Are Liars: True Tales from the Dry Dock Bar

    by Linda Greenlaw

    inda Greenlaw, the New York Times bestselling author of The Lobster Chronicles and The Hungry Ocean, brings us a riveting and uproarious collection of tales of fishing and adventure at sea.

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  4. North by Northwestern: A Seafaring Family on Deadly Alaskan Waters

    by Captain Sig Hansen, Mark Sundeen

    In the tradition of Sebastian Junger and Linda Greenlaw comes Captain Sig Hansen’s rags-to-riches epic of his immigrant family’s struggle against deadly Alaskan seas, freezing shipwrecks, and dangerously brutal conditions to achieve the American Dream Sig Hansen has been a star of the... (learn more about this book)

  5. The Chesapeake: Tales & Scales

    by Ken Rossignol

    Join us as we visit the pages of The Chesapeake for action, fun and adventure in The Chesapeake region. Murder, Mayhem and Mystery along with blues, rockfish and Serendipity Seranades to convince fish to jump onto the hook. From Jack Rue, Fred McCoy and Pepper Langley come great stories about... (learn more about this book)

  6. The Founding Fish

    by John McPhee

    John McPhee's twenty-sixth book is a braid of personal history, natural history, and American history, in descending order of volume. Each spring, American shad-Alosa sapidissima-leave the ocean in hundreds of thousands and run heroic distances upriver to spawn. McPhee--a shad fisherman... (learn more about this book)

  7. Hemingway on Fishing

    by Ernest Hemingway

    From childhood on, Ernest Hemingway was a passionate fisherman. He fished the lakes and creeks near the family's summer home at Walloon Lake, Michigan, and his first stories and reportages were often about his favorite sport. Here, collected for the first time in one volume, are all of his... (learn more about this book)

  8. The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation

    by Izaak Walton, Jonquil Bevan

    Walton's popular classic treatise on fishing goes far beyond techniques, as it embraces a life that values serenity and appreciation for creation. Some of the natural history lore is antiquated, but keen intelligence and good humor express themselves in a readable and enjoyable manner.

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  9. Reel Livin'

    by Warren McClenagan

    As any fisherman ever lucky enough to wet a line in the wilderness knows, nary a working day goes by they don't dream of the smell of pine, a breath of cool crisp mountain air, and a skillet filled with large fat trout. Yet, near that campfire where dreams meet reality, and Murphy tags along,... (learn more about this book)

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