| Notes on Fishing: And Selected Fishing Prose and Poetry Contributor(s): Aksakov, Sergei (Author), Hodge, Thomas P. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0810129248 ISBN-13: 9780810129245 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Sports & Recreation | Fishing |
| Dewey: 799.1 |
| Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.6" W x 9.1" (0.90 lbs) 280 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Notes on Fishing was Sergei Aksakov's first book and Russia's first angling treatise. It presents a Russian gentleman's observations on the fishing tackle, angling techniques, and fish species he came to know during five decades of adventure-filled fishing in the vast Russian steppe and the environs of Moscow. But it is goes beyond a mere discourse on angling, offering philosophical, literary, linguistic, ethnographic, biological, and conservationist observations. Aksakov has imbued his notes with a deep fondness for the land and an expertly conveyed atmosphere of personal and national nostalgia. |