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Author:
Joy, David, 1983-
Title:
Growing gills : a fly fisherman's journey / David Joy ; illustrated by Michael Polomik.
Publisher:
Bright Mountain Books,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
196 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Joy, David,--1983-
Brook trout fishing--Appalachian Region.
Fly fishing--Appalachian Region.
Wilderness areas--Appalachian Region.
Fishers--Appalachian Region--Biography.
Fishers--Outer Banks--Outer Banks--Biography.
Fishers--Piedmont (U.S. : Region)--Biography.
Appalachian Region--Social life and customs.
Outer Banks (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Piedmont (U.S. : Region)--Social life and customs.
Contents:
Growing Gills -- A School of Cannibalistic Fish -- Breaking in the Cork -- The Piscatorial Picasso -- Throwing Tight Loops -- Feed 'em Feathers -- The Liar -- Wild -- Untouched -- "What in me is dark, illumine..." -- Sound of Silence -- Glimpses of Monsters -- Native -- The Ritual -- The Grass Eater -- Floating Toward Humility -- Tailout.
Summary:
"David Joy's Southern memoir details a North Carolina fly fisherman's youthful experiences in the Outer Banks and Piedmont to his pursuit of native brook trout in the Appalachian Mountains. This work of literary nonfiction encapsulates the philosophical underpinnings of a man defined by fish, family, water, solitude, environment, and wilderness"--Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0914875612 (e-book ed.)
9780914875611 (e-book ed.)
0914875604 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780914875604 (pbk. : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)707251543
LCCN:
2011032877
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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