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Author:

McPhee, John A.

Title:

The founding fish / John McPhee.

Edition:

1st pbk. ed.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus & Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2003, c2002

Description:

358 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

American shad.
Shad fishing--North America--History.

Contents:

Catch-and-release. A selective advantage -- Amending nature -- Farewell to the nineteenth century -- Spawning and the outmigration -- A competitive advantage -- The shad alley -- The founding fish -- The portable rock -- The compensatory response -- Absent without leave -- The shad city -- Inside the cavity -- Catch-and-dissect -- Inside the head -- Catch-and-release.

ISBN:

9780374528836
0374528837

OCLC:

(OCoLC)53025623

Locations:

DAPG173 -- Mason City Public Library (Mason City)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)