{"product_id":"dumb-luck-and-the-kindness-john-gierach-9781501168581","title":"Dumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers","description":"\u003cb\u003eWitty, shrewd, and, as always, a joy to read, John Gierach, \"America's best fishing writer\" (\u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e) and favorite streamside philosopher, extols the frequent joys and occasional tribulations of the fly-fishing life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"After five decades, twenty books, and countless columns,  John Gierach] is still a master\" (\u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e). Now, in his latest fresh and original collection, Gierach shows us why fly-fishing is the perfect antidote to everything that is wrong with the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gierach's deceptively laconic prose masks an accomplished storyteller...His alert and slightly off-kilter observations place him in the general neighborhood of Mark Twain and James Thurber\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e). In \u003ci\u003eDumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e, Gierach looks back to the long-ago day when he bought his first resident fishing license in Colorado, where the fishing season never ends, and just \u003ci\u003eknew\u003c\/i\u003e he was in the right place. And he succinctly sums up part of the appeal of his sport when he writes that it is \"an acquired taste that reintroduces the chaos of uncertainty back into our well-regulated lives.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLifelong fisherman though he is, Gierach can write with self-deprecating humor about his own fishing misadventures, confessing that despite all his experience, he is still capable of blowing a strike by a fish \"in the usual amateur way.\" The \"voice of the common angler\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e), he offers witty, trenchant observations not just about fly-fishing itself but also about how one's love of fly-fishing shapes the world that we choose to make for ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Gierach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501168584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501168581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/09\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2020","brand":"John Gierach","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44044224069887,"sku":"9781501168581","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_94b31145-6197-43e1-bfee-3f67b8696b7c.jpg?v=1684971632","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dumb-luck-and-the-kindness-john-gierach-9781501168581","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}