{"product_id":"upriver-and-downstream-new-york-times-9780307382597","title":"Upriver and Downstream: The Best Fly-Fishing and Angling Adventures from the New York Times","description":"\u003ci\u003eUpriver and Downstream\u003c\/i\u003e gathers seventy columns about fishing--from freshwater to saltwater, from small ponds to the Great Lakes, from the Pacific Northwest to post-Soviet Russia--written for the \"Outdoors\" column of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors include such celebrated names as Nick Lyons, Thomas McGuane, Nelson Bryant, Peter Kaminsky, Ernest Schweibert, and Robert H. Boyle. Short, evocative, informative, and entertaining, here are pieces about fly-fishing for wild brook trout, bait-fishing for striped bass, casting into tailwaters, or angling in midwinter. The settings range from Hudson River piers to the Florida Everglades, from Iceland to the Amazon, and the fish include everything from the common sunfish to the esoteric paddlefish. These engaging essays remind us of what fishing is all about: companionship and solitude, challenge and relaxation, nature and technology, from coast-to-coast to around the globe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRich with the particulars of water, light, and air, as well as a keen awareness of, as Verlyn Klinkenborg puts it in his introduction, \"what is happening out there--in the deep, in the shallows, at the end of the line,\" these reflections and recollections beautifully capture the natural world and one of life's most challenging, perennial pursuits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307382591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307382597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.14h x 5.26w x 0.65d","brand":"New York Times","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48658837602559,"sku":"9780307382597","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/upriver-and-downstream-new-york-times-9780307382597","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}