{"product_id":"hemingway-on-fishing-book-ernest-hemingway-9781476716411","title":"Hemingway on Fishing","description":"\u003cb\u003eNow a Scribner Classics Edition, the first and only collection of the Nobel Prize-winning author's writings on America's great passion--fishing--introduced and edited by Nick Lyons with a foreword by Jack Hemingway. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom childhood on, Ernest Hemingway was a passionate fisherman. He fished the lakes and creeks near the family's summer home at Walloon Lake, Michigan, and his first stories and pieces of journalism were often about his favorite sport. Here, collected for the first time in one volume, are all of his great writings about the many kinds of fishing he did--from angling for trout in the rivers of northern Michigan to fishing for marlin in the Gulf Stream. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Moveable Feast, \u003c\/i\u003eHemingway speaks of sitting in a caf  in Paris and writing about what he knew best--and when it came time to stop, he did not want to leave the river. The story was the unforgettable classic Big Two-Hearted River, and from its first words we do not want to leave the river either. He also wrote articles for \u003ci\u003eThe Toronto Star \u003c\/i\u003eon fishing in Canada and Europe and, later, articles for \u003ci\u003eEsquire \u003c\/i\u003eabout his growing passion for big-game fishing. Two of his last books, \u003ci\u003eThe Old Man and the Sea \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIslands in the Stream, \u003c\/i\u003ecelebrate his vast knowledge of the ocean and his affection for its great denizens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHemingway on Fishing \u003c\/i\u003eis an encompassing, diverse, and fascinating assemblage. From the early Nick Adams stories and the memorable chapters on fishing the Irati River in \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Also Rises \u003c\/i\u003eto such late novels as \u003ci\u003eIslands in the Stream, \u003c\/i\u003ethis collection traces the evolution of a great writer's passion, the range of his interests, and the sure use he made of fishing, transforming it into the stuff of great literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnglers and lovers of great writing alike will welcome this important collection.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50057377349905,"sku":"CIN1476716412G","price":23.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50187365417233,"sku":"CIN1476716412A","price":10.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51028393885969,"sku":"NIN9781476716411","price":28.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1476716412.jpg?v=1751273727","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/hemingway-on-fishing-book-ernest-hemingway-9781476716411","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}