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The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal -- a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss. Written in 1952, this hugely...

A naked girl gets swept downstream and is fished out by four women fly fishers. Tales of adventure, as well as stories of renewal, discovery, and tragedy follow the five women as they find each other (and themselves) through the sport of fly fishing. Through the tales of each character, The Reel Sisters fosters the notion that fly fishing has the potential to transcend age, gender, culture, and even socioeconomic barriers, and can occasionally be...

While working on a fishing boat, Carlos rescues a woman who claims her ship was capsized by a monster.

"Engaging images accompany information about deep sea fishermen. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.

Filled with touching childhood stories and hilarious down-home fisherman's lore, the author explains the technique and mindset that enable him to lure a fish from thirty yards away into a circle the size of a hula hoop.

Twenty years after being banished from Winthrop Island, Miranda Schuyler returns to find justice for the man she once loved.

A story inspired by the plot of "King Lear" relates the fortunes of a family who has reaped the sea's bounty on Loosewood Island for three hundred years, but pays for it with the loss of every firstborn son.

Mae Doyle is a good-time girl, but now times are bad. Weary of too much booze and too many men, she returns to her girlhood home, where she finds security as the wife of a devoted and dull fisherman and passion in the arms of his provocative best friend.

In River Girls, Cecilia "Pudge" Kleinkauf uses the real-life experiences of four young womenAlyssa, Samantha, Alex, and Blairto create an informative and engaging introduction to the sport of flyfishing for pre-teen and teenage girls. Using a "girls can do this, too" approach, the book conveys the idea that flyfishing is more fun and challenging than other kinds of fishing and that it is definitely not just a sport for boys. Pudge...

If John Gierach is living in a fool's paradise, then it's a paradise that his regular readers will recognize and new fans will delight in discovering. Laced with the inimitable blend of wit and wisdom that have made him fly-fishing's foremost scribe, Fool's Paradise chronicles the fishing life in all its glory (catching your biggest fish ever) and squalor (being stranded in a tent during a soaking rainstorm). In Gierach's world, both experiences are...