The book of the tarpon - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0962060933 ISBN 13 : 9780962060939

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The next tarpon spent most of its time in the air doing acrobatic stunts Frontispiece Wonderful creatures that seized their bait and hurled it a hundred feet into the air 16 Garmented in glistening silver and enveloped in a cloud of sparkling diamonds 17 Then in furious mood threw his supple body, contorted with passion, above the water 32 Six feet of the most beautiful creature that Uves, clad in glistening, silver mail 33 Boca Grande sno place for a canoe! objected the captain anxiously 36 You have pulled your fragile canoe beside a creature that can knock it endwise with a flip of its tail 37 You soon learn to pay out the line without letting it sUp .. .87 A six-foot tarpon was ahead of me and his cavernous mouth engulfed my mackerel 44 There was a good deal of a mix-up and we were busy swimming ashore with the canoe, paddles and other things .. .45 There is a crash in the water as the tarpon leaps before dashing away 45 There sa shark at the end of this line! 48 Drag him over the side of the canoe and you will get all the fun you want 49 He was outward bound and rejoiced in the trouble preparing for us .49 Sending hook and bait flying twenty feet into the air ... 52 Hunting tarpon with a harpoon is several games rolled into one .53 The really vulnerable part for your harpoon isnt much bigger than the back of an unabridged dictionary 53 Doing acrobatic stunts that made one dizzy to look at .. .60 He started away with renewed vigor while I was nearly exhausted .
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Détails de l'édition

• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0962060933
• ISBN 13: 9780962060939
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible