SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER: JOURNEYS IN SEARCH OF GIANT FISH. THE STORY OF THE REDISCOVERY OF THE INDIAN MAHSEER AND THE GOLIATH TIGERFISH OF THE CONGO. By Paul Boote and Jeremy Wade. First edition.

Language: English

Published by Published by the authors. Sangha Books, Swindon. 1992, 1992

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1992). 1992 1st edition. 4to (192 x 252mm). Pp320. Colour and b/w photographs, b/w illustrations. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight lean to spine. A good copy in well used dust-wrapper. An enthralling tale of modern travel, adventure and fishing. Split into two halves, the first half of the book deals with the authors' rediscovery of the golden mahseer of both the Himalayan and southern Indian rivers. The second half recounts their trip in search of the goliath tigerfish of the Congo, coping with the hazards of the jungle, malaria and a variety of other life threatening situations along the way. Certainly a modern angling classic. Chapters include: Beginnings; Total immersion. Book One, Mahseer: Discovery; Initiation; A lost domain; Ramganga days; Shadow across the sun; A season in the south; Pilgrims; The watershed. Book Two, Goliath: The horror; Step in the dark; A region in the mind; With the current; Strange fever; Reluctant return; Into the lair; Afterword. .…

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SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER: JOURNEYS IN SEARCH OF GIANT FISH. THE STORY OF THE REDISCOVERY OF THE INDIAN MAHSEER AND THE GOLIATH TIGERFISH OF THE CONGO. By Paul Boote and Jeremy Wade. First edition.
Author
Boote (Paul) & Wade (Jeremy).
Publisher
Published by the authors. Sangha Books, Swindon. 1992
Publication year
1992
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Hardcover
Language
English
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0951790005
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9780951790007
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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.…

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