The Sky Fisherman

The Sky Fisherman
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Total Pages : 328
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015034443724
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Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis The Sky Fisherman by : Craig Lesley

A boy narrates his life in a lumber mill community in the Pacific Northwest. He is Culver, whose father died shooting rapids after which his mother married his uncle, or is the uncle his real father? The novel features forest fires, rapids, Indians, murder, family drama and the plight of the lumber industry. By the author of River Song.

The Sky Fisherman

The Sky Fisherman
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 328
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ISBN-10 : 0312147384
ISBN-13 : 9780312147389
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis The Sky Fisherman by : Craig Lesley

Love, death, coming of age, and Native American spiritual beliefs flow together with the forces of nature, in this engrossing novel. It is a story of loss and redemption, family and community, the western panorama, and the landscape of the heart. This is a moving family portrait etched in the rugged terrain of a small town in Oregon.

The Fisherman

The Fisherman
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Publisher : Canelo
Total Pages : 382
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ISBN-10 : 9781804366530
ISBN-13 : 1804366536
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis The Fisherman by : John Langan

‘Illusory, frightening, and deeply moving, The Fisherman is a modern horror epic. And it’s simply a must read’ Paul Tremblay In upstate New York, within the woods, Dutchman’s Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked and fast-moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true. When Abe and Dan, two widowers who have found solace in each other’s company and a shared passion for fishing, hear rumours of the Creek and what might be found there, the remedy to both their losses, they dismiss them. Soon, though, the men find themselves drawn into a tale as deep and old as the Reservoir. It's a tale of dark pacts, of long-buried secrets, and of a mysterious figure known as the Fisherman. It will bring Abe and Dan face to face with all that they have lost, and with the price they must pay to regain it. ‘An epic, yet intimate, horror novel. Langan channels M. R. James, Robert E. Howard and Norman Maclean. What you get is A River Runs Through It... straight to hell’ Laird Barron More praise for The Fisherman ‘Reading this, your mouth fills with worms. Just let them wriggle and crawl as they will, though—don’t swallow. John Langan is fishing for your sleep, for your soul. I fear he’s already got mine’ Stephen Graham Jones ‘What starts as a slow, melancholy tale gains momentum and drops you head first into a churning nightmare from which you might escape, but you’ll never forget, and the memory of what you saw will change you forever’ Richard Kadrey ‘The Fisherman is a treasure, the kind of book you just want to snuggle up and shiver through. I can’t say enough good things about the confidence, the patience, the satisfying cumulative power of this book. It was a pleasure to read from the first page to the last’ Victor LaValle ‘Stories within stories, folk tales becoming modern legends, all spinning into a fisherman’s tale about the one he wishes had gotten away. Langan’s latest is at turns epic and personal, dense yet compulsively readable, frightening but endearing’ Adam Cesare

Burning Fence

Burning Fence
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : 0312426259
ISBN-13 : 9780312426255
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis Burning Fence by : Craig Lesley

This memoir is the story of the men in Craig Lesley's family: absent father, Rudell; tough stepfather, Vern; adopted son, Wade; and Craig Lesley himself. Their story is one of hardship, violence, and cautious, heartbreaking attempts toward compassion.

A River Runs through It and Other Stories

A River Runs through It and Other Stories
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 263
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ISBN-10 : 9780226472232
ISBN-13 : 022647223X
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis A River Runs through It and Other Stories by : Norman MacLean

The New York Times–bestselling classic set amid the mountains and streams of early twentieth-century Montana, “as beautiful as anything in Thoreau or Hemingway” (Chicago Tribune). When Norman Maclean sent the manuscript of A River Runs Through It and Other Stories to New York publishers, he received a slew of rejections. One editor, so the story goes, replied, “it has trees in it.” Today, the title novella is recognized as one of the great American tales of the twentieth century, and Maclean as one of the most beloved writers of our time. The finely distilled product of a long life of often surprising rapture—for fly-fishing, for the woods, for the interlocked beauty of life and art—A River Runs Through It has established itself as a classic of the American West filled with beautiful prose and understated emotional insights. Based on Maclean’s own experiences as a young man, the book’s two novellas and short story are set in the small towns and mountains of western Montana. It is a world populated with drunks, loggers, card sharks, and whores, but also one rich in the pleasures of fly-fishing, logging, cribbage, and family. By turns raunchy and elegiac, these superb tales express, in Maclean’s own words, “a little of the love I have for the earth as it goes by.” “Maclean’s book—acerbic, laconic, deadpan—rings out of a rich American tradition that includes Mark Twain, Kin Hubbard, Richard Bissell, Jean Shepherd, and Nelson Algren.” —New York Times Book Review Includes a new foreword by Robert Redford, director of the Academy Award–winning film adaptation

A Fisherman in the Saddle

A Fisherman in the Saddle
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Publisher : Jacana Media
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1919931244
ISBN-13 : 9781919931241
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis A Fisherman in the Saddle by : Julian Roup

Follows the journey of the author as he reflects back on his life-long quest to find "a place of his own" through the two sources of renewal in his life: horseback riding and fishing.

Winterkill

Winterkill
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 328
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ISBN-10 : 0685312607
ISBN-13 : 9780685312605
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Winterkill by : Craig Lesley

The story of a Native American man faced with being a father and with making a life for himself and his son from the dreams of yesterday and the ruins of today's Northwest reservations.

Stanley Goes Fishing

Stanley Goes Fishing
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Publisher : Chronicle Books
Total Pages : 44
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ISBN-10 : 081185244X
ISBN-13 : 9780811852449
Rating : 4/5 (4X Downloads)

Synopsis Stanley Goes Fishing by : Craig Frazier

Stanley, a fellow who looks at life differently, goes on a fishing trip and discovers that the fish are not where they should be.

Sex, Death, and Fly-Fishing

Sex, Death, and Fly-Fishing
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 9781439127063
ISBN-13 : 1439127069
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Sex, Death, and Fly-Fishing by : John Gierach

From the irrepressible author of Trout Bum and The View from Rat Lake comes an engaging, humorous, often profound examination of life's greatest mysteries: sex, death, and fly-fishing. John Gierach's quest takes us from his quiet home water (an ordinary, run-of-the-mill trout stream where fly-fishing can be a casual affair) to Utah's famous Green River, and to unknown creeks throughout the Western states and Canada. We're introduced to a lively group of fishing buddies, some local "experts" and even an ex-girlfriend, along the way Contemplative, evocative, and wry, he shares insights on mayflies and men, fishing and sport, life and love, and the meaning (or meaninglessness) of it all.

Fisherman's Blues

Fisherman's Blues
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : 9781594634871
ISBN-13 : 1594634874
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Fisherman's Blues by : Anna Badkhen

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR AND PASTE MAGAZINE An intimate account of life in a West African fishing village, tugged by currents ancient and modern, and dependent on an ocean that is being radically transformed. The sea is broken, fishermen say. The sea is empty. The genii have taken the fish elsewhere. For centuries, fishermen have launched their pirogues from the Senegalese port of Joal, where the fish used to be so plentiful a man could dip his hand into the grey-green ocean and pull one out as big as his thigh. But in an Atlantic decimated by overfishing and climate change, the fish are harder and harder to find. Here, Badkhen discovers, all boundaries are permeable--between land and sea, between myth and truth, even between storyteller and story. Fisherman's Blues immerses us in a community navigating a time of unprecedented environmental, economic, and cultural upheaval with resilience, ingenuity, and wonder.