- ISBN13: 9780684868592
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders collects forty of John Gierach’s finest essays on fishing from six of his books. Like all his writing, these essays are seasoned by a keen sense of observation and a deep knowledge and lov… More >>
Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders : A John Gierach Fly-Fishing Treasury
June 28th, 2010 at 3:11 am
This book offers “down home” reading at its best- Mr. Gierach captures your attention and your imagination. Sit back and relax and follow the exploits of a true sportsman!
Rating: 5 / 5
June 28th, 2010 at 4:59 am
I own 16 of his books. This one is just as great as the others and a good one to start with if you haven’t yet had the pleasure of reading John G.
It’s hard to overstate the pleasure you’ll get from this book. He’s truly a gift we all get to share.
Rating: 5 / 5
June 28th, 2010 at 6:35 am
Geirach is at his best in this book, granted it is a collection of his best. This group of stories span a wide swath of his career, and as a result, allow the reader to see some evolution in the author’s thinking and manners. One thing you should observe as you read these stories is that Geirach evolves from pure counter-culture hippie, turned fisherman, into the a true outdoorsman. An outdoorsman is one who loves the outdoors for being outdoors, not because they enable him to flaunt middle-class expectations of respectability. Anyone who is so worried about following middle-class standards of living should have the courage to flaunt them without the justification provided by fly-fishing. You see this evolution occur in Geirach’s writings across time. With later writings you see someone who loves fishing because he can be fishing. This may not be important to some, but it is to me as I would hate to contribute to the overabundance of writers who help convince me that my local fishing hole is so insignificant. Anyway, as always, he is funny and the stories are very great, but not too preachy. Get it and slip away to the Frying Pan for a few hours.
Rating: 5 / 5
June 28th, 2010 at 9:17 am
This was a great collection of Gierach’s essays from some of his previous books. As always, they were a very enjoyable read, and not just for the flyfishing material.
This would be a perfect introduction to John Gierach for anyone who loves flyfishing, the outdoors, or just some good writing about a subject that the author clearly loves. If you are buying as a gift, note that the essays are taken from six of his older books. It didn’t stop me from appreciating the gift, even though I had already read three of the others!
Rating: 5 / 5
June 28th, 2010 at 10:07 am
This is one of the best books I’ve ever read. John’s insights into flyfishing and it’s connection with day-to-day life are phenominal. I’m ready to buy a camper, quit work and spend the rest of my days cruising fron stream to stream.
Rating: 5 / 5