 Hemingway on Fishing
by Ernest Hemingway
From 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 reportage 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 trout in the rivers of northern Michigan to marlin in
the Gulf Stream.
In A Moveable Feast, Hemingway speaks of sitting in a café 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 the Toronto Star on fishing in Canada and Europe and, later, articles
for Esquire about his growing passion for big-game fishing.
His last books, The Old Man and the Sea and Islands in the
Stream, celebrate his vast knowledge of the ocean and his affection
for its great denizens.
Hemingway on Fishing is a full, diverse, and fascinating collection
of the great novelist's writing about fishing. From the early
Nick Adams stories and the memorable chapters on fishing the Irati River
in The Sun Also Rises to such late novels as Islands in the
Stream, this collection traces the evolution of a great writer's
passion; the range of his interests; and the sure uses he made of fishing,
transforming it into the stuff of great literature.
Anglers and lovers of great writing alike will welcome this important
collection.
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