Eric Dregni

Let's Go Fishing!

Fish Tales from the North Woods

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Produktbeschreibung

Eric Dregni is associate professor of English and journalism at Concordia University in St. Paul. He is the author of more than a dozen books including Midwest Marvels, In Cod We Trust, By the Waters of Minnetonka, and Never Trust a Thin Cook, all published by Minnesota.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 231mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 1089g
• ISBN-13: 9780816693214
• ISBN-10: 0816693218
• Artikelnr.: 44140789

Autorenporträt

Eric Dregni is associate professor of English and journalism at Concordia University in St. Paul. He is the author of more than a dozen books including Midwest Marvels, In Cod We Trust, By the Waters of Minnetonka, and Never Trust a Thin Cook, all published by Minnesota.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Fishing Throughout Time
1. The Right Stuff: Bait, Bobbers, and Knucklebusters
2. The Wonderful, Weird World of Fishing: Pranksters, Monsters, and Female
Fish Impersonators
3. Beyond Angling: From Ice Fishing to Dynamite
4. Fish Festivals: Get Your Bullheads Here!
5. Fish Fries and Fish Boils: Smelt, Eelpout, and Pickled Pike
6. The Art of the Fish: Monuments and Mammoths of the Deep
Afterword: Gone Fishin’
Selected Bibliography