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Season of the Gar: Adventures in Pursuit of America's Most Misunderstood Fish
Mark Spitzer
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Description for Season of the Gar: Adventures in Pursuit of America's Most Misunderstood Fish
Paperback. Lets you follow the author on his quest from Texas and Louisiana, Missouri, and Arkansas to catch his own gar. This title describes his sometimes bizarre angling adventures in search of this air-breathing freshwater giant (up to ten feet in length and well over three-hundred pounds) as he separates fact from fiction. Num Pages: 200 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
The first book on a fish so ugly only a mother could love it, ""Season of the Gar"" is a fang-infested, monster-headed, armor-plated romp through the prehistoric swamps and murky rivers of America's most feared and demonized fish. Follow Mark Spitzer on his lengthy and often frustrating quest from Texas and Louisiana, Missouri, and Arkansas to catch his own gar. Read about his sometimes bizarre angling adventures in search of this air-breathing freshwater giant (up to ten feet in length and well over three-hundred pounds) as he separates fact from fiction. Spitzer draws on folklore, science, history, his own pet ... Read more
The first book on a fish so ugly only a mother could love it, ""Season of the Gar"" is a fang-infested, monster-headed, armor-plated romp through the prehistoric swamps and murky rivers of America's most feared and demonized fish. Follow Mark Spitzer on his lengthy and often frustrating quest from Texas and Louisiana, Missouri, and Arkansas to catch his own gar. Read about his sometimes bizarre angling adventures in search of this air-breathing freshwater giant (up to ten feet in length and well over three-hundred pounds) as he separates fact from fiction. Spitzer draws on folklore, science, history, his own pet ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557289292
SKU
V9781557289292
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Mark Spitzer
Mark Spitzer is assistant professor of writing at the University of Central Arkansas, managing editor of the Exquisite Corpse Annual, and a life-long, passionate fisherman. He's the author of a number of novels, story collections, poetry, and translations, and a past resident of Paris's famous Shakespeare and Company bookstore. He was a recent guest and gar guide on a television ... Read more
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