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The Moon Pulled Up an Acre of Bass: A Flyrodder's Odyssey at Montauk Point
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The Moon Pulled Up an Acre of Bass: A Flyrodder's Odyssey at Montauk Point Hardcover - 2001

by Peter Kaminsky

Taking a month off from harried city life, Kaminsky flyfished every day in the midst of the world's greatest wildlife migration: the parade of fish and whales, butterflies and birds past Montauk Point. This is the story of his odyssey. Illustrated, endpapers.


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While fishing off Montauk Point in the autumn, Peter Kaminsky watched the moon rise and as it did, an acre of silver-sided striped bass came to the surface of the sea. Acting on the advice of another angler, Zane Grey, who said "Some dreams, even those of a fisherman, come true," the author took a month off from harried city life and flyfished every day in the midst of the world's greatest wildlife migration: the parade of fish and whales, butterflies and birds past Montauk Point. This is the story of a man's love affair with Montauk in the fall, after the crowds and celebrities have left eastern Long Island. It is the story of an ocean teeming with life, and the people drawn to it: obsessed anglers, jealous guides, dedicated scientists, and the local people who have lived off the bounty of these waters for generations. But above all it is a story of a man's basic love of people and nature, one that will appeal to the many fans of Kaminsky's "Outdoors" column in the New York Times, and his frequent work in Food & Wine, as well as anyone hungering for fine writing.

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THE AIR SMELLS SALTY and grassy and flowery all at once.

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  • Title The Moon Pulled Up an Acre of Bass: A Flyrodder's Odyssey at Montauk Point
  • Author Peter Kaminsky
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 264
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Hyperion Books, New York
  • Date September 5, 2001
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780786867691 / 0786867698
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.7 x 5.6 x 0.9 in (22.10 x 14.22 x 2.29 cm)
  • Ages 17 to 18 years
  • Grade levels 12 - 13
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
    • Geographic Orientation: New York
  • Library of Congress subjects Saltwater fly fishing - New York - Montauk, Fishes - Migration - New York - Montauk Point
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001024468
  • Dewey Decimal Code 799.124

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Citations

  • Booklist, 09/01/2001, Page 37
  • People Weekly, 09/10/2001, Page 54
  • Publishers Weekly, 07/23/2001, Page 61
  • Vanity Fair, 09/01/2001, Page 190

About the author

Peter Kaminsky is the author of numerous books, including The Moon Pulled Up an Acre of Bass, Pig Perfect, and The Elements of Taste. He was formerly New York Magazine's "Underground Gourmet," and his Outdoors column runs regularly in the New York Times. His work has appeared frequently in Food & Wine and Field & Stream, and he was managing editor of National Lampoon. He lives in Brooklyn.
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