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TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FISHIN' by Beatrice Cook

TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FISHIN'

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Pub Date: April 6th, 1955
Publisher: Morrow

A come hither for the rod and reel boys is this re-creation of the evolution of tackle, bits of gear and piscatorial philosophy. From Egypt in 3000 B.C. to Isaac Walton, episodes are re-created to line up the evolution of sport fishing tackle- while the author interpolates her own version of what might have occurred. The legacy of the moderns here in lluring prose positives.