Nature Writing

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Originally Posted by stlukesguild

I certainly second Walton's Compleat Angler (which I've never heard another ever mention), Goethe's Italian Journey, and Wang Wei's poetry. You might also wish to look into Boswell and Johnson's accounts of their journey to Scotland and the Hebrides. There are probably a great many poets you might explore. Certainly look into Wordsworth and John Clare.

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I know Hemingway liked Walton, and I've tried to read the book once or twice, but I just couldn't care less about fishing. I also cannot recommend Goethe's Italian Journey, but then you like him much more than I do. As far as Wang Wei goes though, I concur with your opinion.

I'd recommend Thoreau's Walden, Hemingway's Big Two Hearted River, Faulkner's The Bear, or London's The Call of the Wild.

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Originally Posted by mortalterror

I know Hemingway liked Walton, and I've tried to read the book once or twice, but I just couldn't care less about fishing. I also cannot recommend Goethe's Italian Journey, but then you like him much more than I do. As far as Wang Wei goes though, I concur with your opinion.

I'd recommend Thoreau's Walden, Hemingway's Big Two Hearted River, Faulkner's The Bear, or London's The Call of the Wild.

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I liked The Call of the Wild and it has reminded me of Tarka the Otter and Ring of Bright Water, both great stories about otters.

I greatly enjoyed Walton's Compleat Angler. But, I'm a bit of a fisherman myself. Do you all remember that part where he aims to teach young Piscator a lesson in "charity"? So they catch two fish, an ugly chub and a lovely trout. Well, Walton, in the name of great charity tells his understudy to offer the chub to the nearest family in need while they take home the delicious trout for dinner. Ha!

Oh, and a more modern fishing novel that is one of my favorites: David James Duncan's The River Why. Excellent book -- and if you're a fisherman, you'll fall head over fish hooks for it.

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Originally Posted by The Comedian

Oh, and a more modern fishing novel that is one of my favorites: David James Duncan's The River Why. Excellent book -- and if you're a fisherman, you'll fall head over fish hooks for it.

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Seconded, indeed! :thumbs_up
I have no idea how I could have left Duncan out of the recommendation list, but I guess I kept thinking more along the lines of nonfiction than fiction. I read The River Why quite some time ago, not long after gaining a fast affinity for Duncan when reading The Brothers K - both excellent books, and high recommended, though the latter does not exactly fit in the category of this thread.

I accept with information: It reads much like a journal, from month-to-month, and explores some ecology, botany, economics, and environmentalism, but consists a lot of Leopold's thoughts, meditations, and reflections amid such surroundings, seeming very reminiscient of Thoreau's Walden or A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers.
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