Tale of Three Rivers:
Of Wooly Buggers, Bowling Balls, Cigarette Butts, and the Future of Appalachian Brook Trout
Published on 1. September 2018
64 pages
978-1-60940-460-4 (ISBN)
Description
Matthew Dickerson takes his readers from an Applachian trout stream in western North Carolina where wild trout are reduced to sipping cigarette butts, up through his home state of Vermont where development and the ski industry threaten the state's iconic pastoral riversides, and finally into western Maine to a once dead river that has returned to life. The tale takes us not only to the three eponymous rivers, but to other nearby streams and waters. Though neither an historical nor as scientific text, the writing is informed by both, and as readers are drawn through the tale, they will grow in their own understanding of both stream ecology and the history of human habitation and consumption. The book is illustrated by original prints from Vermont artist Courtney Allenson.
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Matthew Dickerson
A Tale of Three Rivers
Of Wooly Buggers, Bowling Balls, Cigarette Butts, and the Future of Appalachian Brook Trout
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09/2018
Wings Press
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Content
- Front Cover
- Front Flip
- Title Page
- Half Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Prologue: Brook Trout, Appalachia, and Story
- Introduction: A Flawed (and Romantic) though Useful Premise, and a Note about Fly-Fishing and the Origins of this Book
- 1. Old Cars and One Cigarette: Tulula Creek, North Carolina
- 2. Rolling and Bowling Down the River: Mad River, Vermont
- 3. Resurrection: The Androscoggin River, Maine
- Epilogue: S. Fontinalis, a Fly Rod, and More Rivers
- About the Author
- Back Flip
- Back Cover
