Catch and Release Trout Fishing and the Meaning of Life

Name: Catch and Release Trout Fishing and the Meaning of Life
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ISBN: 9780143035145

ISBN-10: 0143035142

ISBN-13: 9780143035145

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Authors: Mark Kingwell

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Part memoir, part travelogue, and part reflection on the deep truths of fly fishing, this original and free-wheeling book brings a philosophers (actually a philosophy professors) mind to bear on an avocation that turns ordinary men into philosophers. As he relates the progress of his yearly fishing trip to British Columbia with his father and brothers, Mark Kingwell considers everything from work, procrastination, and the way of manhood to the wet vs. dry fly debate and the best ways of fooling a fish. Sly in its humor, unassuming in its erudition, Catch and Releaseis a perfect book for anyone who loves fishingor anyone whos perplexed by it.

Book details

List price: $15.00
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 4/26/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Mark Kingwell is a professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto at Scarborough. He has published five books.



Acknowledgments



This Book Is Not About Fishing



Fishing Is Stupid



Golf Is Also Stupid



Who Is Fred?



The Exercise of Skill Is an End in Itself



Patience



Killing



Boredom, Procrastination, and Losing Your Way



Comfort