Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas

by Zane Grey

Overview

Zane Grey, America's master storyteller of the old West, was a passionate angler. He fished as many as 300 days of the year! This collection, first published in 1925, describes his fishing adventures in exotic locales throughout the Pacific region. Illustrated with more than 100 photographs from the author's private collection. These stories capture the drama and excitement that Grey experienced in being the first person to fish many waters-from the Galapagos Islands to Cabo San Lucas-and in being the first to catch and document many new species of fish. No lover of Zane Grey storytelling will want to miss these real life adventures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493048793
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	03/20/2020
Series:	Blue Water Classics
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	1,078,916
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Zane Grey was born in Zanesville, Ohio in 1872. He attended the University of Pennsylvania on a baseball scholarship where he became a dentist. However, his heart was not in dentistry, it was in writing. In 1905 he married Lina Roth. They had three children, and eventually moved to California where Zane could both experience the West and write about it. He was one of America's most prolific authors, writing almost 90 books. He died of heart failure in 1939.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Zane Grey on Fishing: "Zane Grey on Fishing offers some of the author's best writing: don't let this one get away!"—Library Journal "The book is a selection of some of Grey's best work, and the stories and excerpts reveal a man who understood that angling is more than an activity. It is a lifestyle."—Great Lakes Boating "What has virtually remained hidden behind his conventional formulalike books in the Western genre is that Grey's best writing came when he wrote about angling. Here he was free to blend his talent for narrative and sense of humour. " —Atlantic Salmon Journal "Of course, the big daddy of far-flung fishing is Zane Grey. This is an excellent...reader for those who may want to dip into his truly fabulous fishing life. —Gray's Sporting Journal

From the Publisher

This is a lovely new edition of Zane Grey's 1925 classic, written after he had made enough money in Hollywood to purchase a three-masted schooner, which he named the Fisherman. ...It is a fine example of simple writing that allows a reader to turn the next corner with the author, catching the unexpected at eye level, among the finest and most difficult literary achievements.

|Los Angeles Times

Anyone who loves tales of adventure into far seas, unusual experiences, accounts of exotic and almost intoxicating beauty, to say nothing of those enthusiastic fishermen for whose perusal the book is especially intended, will find it a fascinating volume.

The New York Times

This is a lovely new edition of Zane Grey's 1925 classic, written after he had made enough money in Hollywood to purchase a three-masted schooner, which he named the Fisherman. ...It is a fine example of simple writing that allows a reader to turn the next corner with the author, catching the unexpected at eye level, among the finest and most difficult literary achievements.

Los Angeles Times

Anyone who loves tales of adventure into far seas, unusual experiences, accounts of exotic and almost intoxicating beauty, to say nothing of those enthusiastic fishermen for whose perusal the book is especially intended, will find it a fascinating volume.

The New York Times