
Crosscurrents
A Fly Fisher's Progress
James R. Babb(Author)
The Lyons Press
Published on 1. May 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-58574-494-7 (ISBN)
Description
Outrageous and inspired essays from the author whose writing "ranks him with some of the best nature writers in print." Jim Babb is one of the most eccentric and riveting essayists at work today. In Crosscurrents, Babb recounts his early days with a cast of colourful and bizarre local characters in a small East Tennessee town and his migration through Brahmin Boston to the backwoods of Maine where he built his own house. "What rings on every page of this book," writes Ted Leeson, "is a tremendously energetic, expressive, and robust voice...It is distinctive and original, an authentic voice, pure home-grown." The story that voice tells is always connected to fly fishing - in waters near and far, always memorable.
Reviews / Votes
"The best fly fishing book of the year." - Library Journal; "One of the funniest fly-fishing collections I've had in my hands." - Seth Norman, Fly Rod & ReelMore details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Guilford
United States
Publishing group
Rowman & Littlefield
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 153 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-58574-494-7 (9781585744947)
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Persons
James R. Babb is the editor of Gray's Sporting Journal and author of River Music, a collection of essays that placed him in the company of "some of the best nature writers in print." He lives in Searsport, Maine.