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Author:

Stilwell, Hart, 1902-1975.

Title:

Glory of the silver king : the golden age of tarpon fishing / Hart Stilwell ; edited and with an introduction by Brandon D. Shuler ; foreword by Larry McKinney.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Texas A&M University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xxxii, 131 p., [13] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Tarpon fishing--Gulf Coast--Gulf Coast--History--20th century.
Tarpon fishing--Gulf Coast--Gulf Coast--History--20th century.
Stilwell, Hart,--1902-1975--Tarpon fishing.--Tarpon fishing.
Saltwater fishing--Gulf Coast--Gulf Coast--History--20th century.
Saltwater fishing--Gulf Coast--Gulf Coast--History--20th century.
Marine fishes--Conservation--Mexico, Gulf of.

Other Authors:

Shuler, Brandon D.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The sport of presidents -- The fat lady -- King of tarpon rivers -- Noble experiments -- Mystery tarpon -- The true believer -- Conquest of the Panuco -- Bay of the iguanas -- New bay-crazy fish -- The lamps of Mexico -- The little children at play -- Landlocked tarpon -- Manmade tarpon holes -- Rollers on the rocks -- Where the twain shall meet -- Farewell to the Rio Grande -- Bring 'em inland -- Where do we go now?

Series:

Gulf Coast books ; no. 19

ISBN:

1603442871 (e-book)
9781603442879 (e-book)
1603442677 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781603442671 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)657223857

LCCN:

2010034336

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)