Description |
1 online resource (681 pages) |
Note |
Print version record. |
Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface: My Father, Phil Wylie; Widow Voyage; Hookey, Line and Sinker; The Old Crawdad; The Reelistic Viewpoint; Blowing East; Light Tackle; Spare The Rod; Fifty-Four, Forty and Fight; The Expert; The Man Who Had Been Around; The Way of All Fish; The Shipwreck of Crunch and Des; Trophy; Once on a Sunday; Fair-Caught; Fish Bites Man; The Affair of The Ardent Amazon; A Sales Talk From Sari; Danger at Coral Key; Company For Christmas Dinner; Smuggler's Cove; Sailfish, Ho!; The Published Crunch & Des Stories. |
Summary |
Philip Wylie's enthralling tales of saltwater fishing have been entertaining readers of the Saturday Evening Post since 1939. Captain Crunch Adams, skipper of the charter boat Poseidon, and his friend and partner Des Smith adventure high and low in the waters of Florida, coming face to face with big fish and bigger personalities along the way. Featuring 22 of Wylie's best Crunch and Des stories, this is a delightful compendium of every thrill fishing has to offer. These beloved adventures include:? ""Widow Voyage""? ""Light Tackle""? "Fifty-four, Forty and Fight"? "The Way of All Fish"? "The Affair of the Ardent Amazon"? "Smuggler?s Cove"? And more favorite classics!With each Crunch and Des story selected by the author?s daughter, these tales begin a journey of saltwater nostalgia, marine adventure, and warmhearted personalities that will last far beyond the last page. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-372). |
Subject |
Saltwater fishing -- Fiction.
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FICTION -- General.
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Saltwater fishing. (OCoLC)fst01104355
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Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Added Author |
Pryor, Karen Wylie.
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Added Title |
Crunch and Des |
Other Form: |
Print version: Wylie, Philip. Crunch & Des : Classic Stories of Saltwater Fishing. New York : Skyhorse Publishing, ©2014 9781628736809 |
ISBN |
9781629140124 (electronic bk.) |
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1629140120 (electronic bk.) |
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