CASTING SHADOWS EB
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CASTING SHADOWS EB

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eBook - ePub

CASTING SHADOWS EB

About this book

A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year

Peer into the secret, silent world of the freshwater fish and explore evolution of the art and industry of fishing in Britain's rivers and streams.

From cunning Neolithic traps, intricate Roman nets and quarrellous Victorian societies to the evolution of angling and eventual gentrification of river access, this history spans thousands of years and ends with a poignant call to protect the underwater world from the horrors of industrial fishing and farming.

Meanwhile, another thread of the narrative weaves in the lives of the fishes themselves: the incredible struggles of the Atlantic salmon and secretive eel; the pike, a lean and camouflaged predator; the carp, huge and stately, begetter of obsessions; the exquisite spotted brown trout and its silver cousin, the grayling.

Lives built on and around fishing have largely faded from Britain, but fishermen and conservationists are working tirelessly to prevent the same fate befalling the fishes.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. 1. In from the Sea
  8. 2. Night Harvest
  9. 3. A Passion for Ponds
  10. 4. An Angle on Fishing
  11. 5. Fur and Feather
  12. 6. The Ascendancy of the Laird
  13. 7. For the Masses
  14. 8. Salmon on Ice
  15. 9. A Gentlemen’s Club
  16. 10. Wye Wizardry
  17. 11. While Life Lasts
  18. 12. Salmon Plunder
  19. 13. Vanishing Act
  20. 14. Death and Transfiguration
  21. 15. Growing Up
  22. 16. The Spring
  23. Epilogue
  24. Appendix: All the Fishes
  25. Footnotes
  26. Bibliography
  27. Image Credits
  28. Index
  29. Acknowledgements
  30. About This Book
  31. About the Author
  32. About the Publisher

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