| Contents |
Growing Gills -- A School of Cannibalistic Fish -- Breaking in the Cork -- The Piscatorial Picasso -- Throwing Tight Loops -- Feed 'em Feathers -- The Liar -- Wild -- Untouched -- "What in me is dark, illumine..." -- Sound of Silence -- Glimpses of Monsters -- Native -- The Ritual -- The Grass Eater -- Floating Toward Humility -- Tailout. |
| Scope and content |
"David Joy's Southern memoir details a North Carolina fly fisherman's youthful experiences in the Outer Banks and Piedmont to his pursuit of native brook trout in the Appalachian Mountains. This work of literary nonfiction encapsulates the philosophical underpinnings of a man defined by fish, family, water, solitude, environment, and wilderness"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011032877 |
| ISBN | 9780914875604 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0914875604 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
