- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Doubleday Canada; 1st Edition edition (April 13 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0385256965
- ISBN-13: 978-0385256964
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.7 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 431 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #724,812 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"His prose is spare and direct, his arguments are passionate and convincing, but it is his poised storytelling that gives the book its power." --The Globe and Mail
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--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
David Adams Richards explores man's relationship with nature: whether fishing salmon on the Miramichi, hunting moose or deer, losing your way in the woods, or sneaking away from a bear. This book is about hunters and fishermen, about history and memory.
Richards weaves together the tales that have informed his life as a fisherman. He has learned his skill from the guides and the poachers, the sports and the city slickers who have all fished the Miramichi. He learns about perseverance and respecting nature, and he reflects on the changes that the modern world has brought to the great river. Lines on the Water abounds with lore and wisdom, humour, and most of all, passion.
Richards weaves together the tales that have informed his life as a fisherman. He has learned his skill from the guides and the poachers, the sports and the city slickers who have all fished the Miramichi. He learns about perseverance and respecting nature, and he reflects on the changes that the modern world has brought to the great river. Lines on the Water abounds with lore and wisdom, humour, and most of all, passion.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful comparison of life's subtelties and fly fishing,
By A Customer
This review is from: Lines On The Water: A Fisherman's Life On The Miramichi (Paperback)
David Richards truly expresses the beauty and subtlety of fly fishing magnificenly. Whether a fly fisherman or not, this book truly is an enjoyable read. Through detailed and off-beat decriptions of his life and his love of the river, he reminds me why I love to read!
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
An accurate and warm sharing of memories on the river,
By Jim Hill (Halifax, NS, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Lines On The Water: A Fisherman's Life On The Miramichi (Paperback)
I read this book and every fishing trip I have ever been on came rushing back. As I read I could feel the weight of the fly vest on my shoulders and smell the campfire. No one other than a down home salmon fisherman could have written this book. While he fished the Mirimichi I fished the Restigouche and once had the privilidge of meeting his Uncle, Richard Adams, on the Matepedia.I know the beauty of the land and the feeling of a line tighten under a heavy fish, Everything is so real, from the sound of the water and the singing of a reel being stripped of its line down to the irritating buzzing of the bugs. He speaks of the friendships on the river so accurately one knows it is not fiction. A wonderful read that I tore through and will sit down again to read it again to savour anything I may have missed. My only regret is there were only 5 stars to give it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Like Walden, but more interesting,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lines on the Water (Hardcover)
This book is a joy to read. Richards tells his stories of the Miramichi as if you're around the campfire with him, and spins fish tales, one after another, not really connected but somehow all connected, till when you finish you feel you've somehow received wisdom. David Adams Richards is a master ---- I believe he's one of this era's great writers. Summary: The book is like Walden, but more interesting.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful comparison of life's subtelties and fly fishing,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lines On The Water: A Fisherman's Life On The Miramichi (Paperback)
David Richards truly expresses the beauty and subtlety of fly fishing magnificenly. Whether a fly fisherman or not, this book truly is an enjoyable read. Through detailed and off-beat decriptions of his life and his love of the river, he reminds me why I love to read!
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
An accurate and warm sharing of memories on the river,
By Jim Hill - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lines On The Water: A Fisherman's Life On The Miramichi (Paperback)
I read this book and every fishing trip I have ever been on came rushing back. As I read I could feel the weight of the fly vest on my shoulders and smell the campfire. No one other than a down home salmon fisherman could have written this book. While he fished the Mirimichi I fished the Restigouche and once had the privilidge of meeting his Uncle, Richard Adams, on the Matepedia.I know the beauty of the land and the feeling of a line tighten under a heavy fish, Everything is so real, from the sound of the water and the singing of a reel being stripped of its line down to the irritating buzzing of the bugs. He speaks of the friendships on the river so accurately one knows it is not fiction. A wonderful read that I tore through and will sit down again to read it again to savour anything I may have missed. My only regret is there were only 5 stars to give it. |
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