John Gierach, Author . Simon & Schuster $23 (224p) ISBN 978-0-7432-2994-4
"In some ways," Gierach writes in this breezy, compact volume, "fishing with a good, familiar partner has many of the best attributes of fishing by yourself." For those unschooled in the particular joys and sorrows of fly fishing,...
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John Gierach, Author Simon & Schuster $22 (192p) ISBN 978-0-7432-2992-0
These 20 magazine columns--most from Field & Stream--follow Gierach's year of outings in Northern Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska and Pennsylvania, and include some of his best strokes of style since Sex, Death and Flyfishing. Each travelogue plucks the
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John Gierach, Author Pruett Publishing Company $19.95 (193p) ISBN 978-0-87108-743-0
For devotees of fly fishing, this collection of 13 congenial essays takes readers to prime locations for the sport in the western U.S., including lesser-known streams and lakes. Gierach (Trout Bum) introduces certain innovations like the ""fishing...
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John Gierach, Author Simon & Schuster $19.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-77921-4
Behind the sardonic, hip titles of Gierach's fly-fishing travelogues ( Trout Bum ; Sex, Death and Fly-Fishing ) lurk grace, passion and wit--even angling epiphanies. Assembled here are 16 lively essays on his Rocky Mountain home streams, farm ponds,
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John Gierach, illus. by Glen Wolff, Simon & Schuster, $24 (224p) ISBN 978-0-7432-9175-0
In the same charming style of his previous books, Gierach (Sex, Death, and Fly-Fishing; Still Life with Brook Trout) offers plenty of enthusiasm for nonanglers, but is also full of the firsthand knowledge and sagely guarded secrets that keep...
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John Gierach. Simon & Schuster, $24 (256p) ISBN 978-1-4516-1831-0
A book from Gierach seems to have become a new rite of spring, something that can be scheduled and looked forward to like opening day for the avid fisherman. Probably the best-known and well-liked fly fishing writer around, Gierach won’t hurt his...
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John Gierach. Simon & Schuster, $25 (224p) ISBN 978-1-4516-1834-1
Noted fly-fishing writer Gierach (At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman) chronicles his adventures with rod and reel on some of the most remote lakes and streams in North America, from the Labrador taiga to the grizzly-infested forests of the...
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John Gierach, Author, John Geirach, Author Simon & Schuster $20.5 (205p) ISBN 978-0-671-77924-5
The steps of this dance will be familiar to Gierach fans: wry, just-might-be-true fishing reports from road trips, river floats and Rocky Mountain hikes, set to the rhythms of a restrained, good-natured polka. This collection of 18 witty pieces,...
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John Gierach, Author, Glenn Wolff, Illustrator Simon & Schuster $23 (240p) ISBN 978-0-684-82425-3
Everything from bears to the mysterious ways of ornery trout comes under the attention of Gierach in this lighthearted collection of essays, which is less concerned with the craft of fly-fishing than with the gestalt. Gierach (Another Lousy Day in...
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John Gierach, Author, Glenn Wolff, Illustrator Simon & Schuster $25 (414p) ISBN 978-0-684-86858-5
Gierach, perhaps the most original, entertaining and keen outdoors writer working today, is in fine form in this anthology of 40 stories, which the author has selected from his past books. In pursuit of noble trout, scrappy bluegill and other fish,...
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John Gierach, Author, Glenn Wolff, Illustrator Simon & Schuster $22 (240p) ISBN 978-0-684-82424-6
An affinity between fly-fishing and good writing is evident in these engaging essays. Gierach (Dances with Trout) quips that patience is required for both. He writes about fishing for brook trout in Labrador, Atlantic salmon in Scotland and New...
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John Gierach, Author, Glen Wolff, Illustrator , illus. by Glen Wolff. Simon & Schuster $24 (211p) ISBN 978-0-7432-9173-6
This addition to Gierach’s long list of fishing books is perhaps not of trophy quality, but it’s definitely a keeper. Gierach gets back to the basics of fishing in a collection of personal essays in which he contends that fishing is as...
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John Gierach. Simon & Schuster, $27 (224p) ISBN 978-1-5011-6858-1
In this charming collection of original essays, Gierach (Fly-Fishing in the High Country), a Redstone Review columnist, reflects on what casting a line, waiting for bites beside a stream, or searching for good fishing spots can reveal about human...
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