Author: Zane Grey
Publisher: NATIONAL BOOK NETWORK, Apr 2000
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 1-56833-160-6
Synopsis
Tales of fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, the Florida Keys, the Everglades, & on remote rivers in the jungles of Mexico. Many of these venues are some of today's most popular saltwater flyfishing destinations.7x10 inches, 300 pgs.
More Information
When not writing his famous Western novels, Zane Grey was an insatiable angler. Tales of Southern Rivers recounts his tales of fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, the Florida Keys, the Everglades, and on remote rivers in the jungles of Mexico. With many of these venues being some of today's most popular saltwater fly-fishing destinations, no one will want to miss these highly entertaining and informative yarns. Armchair fishing will never be the same.
REVIEW
"[Tales of Southern Rivers] puts you in the fighting chair and on the casting platform for spectacular big-game fishing on the Gulf Stream, in the Everglades, in and around the Florida Keys and up wild Mexican rivers." ? Chris Camuto, Gray's Sporting Journal
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.
