Glimpses of Maine's Angling Past - Couverture souple

Wilson, Dr Donald A

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0738504076 ISBN 13 : 9780738504070

Editeur : Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2000

Synopsis

Before airplanes, and with few roads, getting to Maine and the isolated fishing spots that made the state a world famous fisherman's paradise was no small task. Huge resorts and hotels peppered the fishing regions, accommodating hundreds, perhaps thousands of sportsmen at any one time. From these lodgings, sports with their guides branched out, taking expeditions and canoe journeys that lasted for days, even weeks, into Maine's wilderness. Only recently have vacationers been transient and as such, have changed the concepts of fishing in wilderness areas forever. Today, the hotels are mostly gone, and people now fish for a few hours to a day or more and then move on. Glimpses of Maine's Angling Past returns to the days when vacationers settled into their camps for whole summers, before the endless acres of timber were dissected by logging roads, and secret, little-known lakes and ponds took days or weeks to reach. This
long-anticipated volume includes countless images from the entire state, broken down into eight distinct areas: the Sebago Lakes, the Belgrade Lakes, the Rangeley Lakes, Down East, the Penobscot River Valley, the Kennebec River Valley, the Moosehead Lake Region, and northern Maine and the County. Included are rare photographs from lodges no longer in existence and antique sports magazines such as In the Maine Woods and Field and Stream. All of this is complemented by the author's painstaking research and his intimate memories of Maine's sporting history.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Maine native Don Wilson has written more than twenty books. He is a registered Maine guide, a surveyor, but foremost an outdoorsman, a sportsman, and a camper. Join him on this unique tour, Glimpses of Maine's Angling Past.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0738504076
• ISBN 13: 9780738504070
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible