- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing; illustrated edition edition (Aug 4 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1602391149
- ISBN-13: 978-1602391147
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 16.1 x 2.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 499 g
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The Neversink River in New York’s Catskill Mountains, with its plunges and gorges, is one of the world’s great trout streams. So it’s no surprise that this diverse and fecund waterway has compelled the finest fly-fishing writers to take up their pens. This treasury of their best work takes a revelatory look at the river from its earliest days right up to the present, and from its origins high on Slide Mountain to the wild and deep ledge pools where the biggest fish live. It includes pieces by John Burroughs, Theodore Gordon, Edward Ringwood Hewitt, George M. L. LaBranche, Hay Berman, Ernest Schwiebert, Austin M. Francis, A. J. McClane, Len Wright, and Jay Cassell. Every fisheman will want to “catch” this collection!
About the Author
Professor Askins has a PhD from CUNY Graduate Center, an MA from Boston University, and a BA in Psychology from the College of Staten Island. He specializes in essay writing, book reviewing, and poetry. His interests include the environment and Native American traditions like the sweat lodge and the vision quest. Dr. Askins has published a naturalist's autobiography titled In Search of the Wild, and The Legendary Neversink published by Skyhorse Press. He feels that "the Earth is at the center of my teachings. I try to make my students more aware of their dependence on the Earth and the great joy and beauty the Earth affords."
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Return to the Gorge, Nov 14 2007
By Peter K. Bertine - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Legendary Neversink, The (Hardcover)
"The Legendary Neversink" is a keeper.15 years ago I learned that The Neversink River in the Catskill Mountains of New York is where dry fly fishing was introduced in America. It was developed and spread throughout the county until "the Catskill School" became the American School. This book offers further proof that it would be hard to name a sportsman, naturalist or conservationist who did not explore the river, try his hand at fishing it and later write about it.
Wonderfully illustrated, Askins has blended over twenty essays about the Neversink River (written by these individuals over the span of more than 100 years) into a thrilling history of the environment, the explorers and innovators, the economy and the political struggles which threatened and ultimately preserved it for our generation. Every chapter, whether it is a how-to-do-it, an adventure well remembered, or an hilarious tale of men (or women) interacting with nature, is great reading.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Misleadingly Titled, Feb 6 2008
By G. R. Belcamino - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Legendary Neversink, The (Hardcover)
Much of what is reprinted here could be accurately described as having little or nothing to do with the Neversink; many pieces seem to have been selected merely because their authors were somehow associated with the Neversink or were known to have fished the river. Furthermore, Askins presents an entirely one-sided and misleading view of the "gorge controversy," which involved the acquisition of hunting and fishing rights in a portion of the Neversink gorge by the State of New York that ultimately allowed the public recreational use of the gorge. Although some of the pieces are by significant American angling writers, this is not the way to learn about the Neversink.
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