On 7/14/06 9:53 PM, in article
, "Wolfgang"
wrote:

"The Founding Fish." As I may have mentioned here, I wasn't really
eager to delve into McPhee again after choking on "Annals of The Former
World" sometime last year and having maxed out on fishing literature
some years before. They say you can't judge a book by its
cover.....but this one grabbed me. Good thing. I'd fogotten how good
McPhee at his best really is. He will never be a truly great writer,
but he has at least one trick up his sleeve that makes the time
expended in reading him well spent. I don't believe I have ever
encountered another writer who can pack as much information into
readble sentences as he does. Definitely worth the effort and (coming,
as it did, from the bargain bin) expense.

I like McPhee quite a bit, although I've not read his whole oeuvre. Not
nearly! But "Encounters with the Archdruid" and "Tables of Contents" (a
collection of pieces originally published in the New Yorker) are both
excellent. Several friends (IJ notwithstanding!) have recommended "Founding
Fish", which from what I understand wouldn't really be classified a "fishing
book". Onto the list it goes.

Speaking of lists, it has been a while, Wolfgang! :-)

Bill