![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He draws on folklore, science, history, his own pet gar, and even gar recipes to tell this unique and exciting literary eco-tale about a fish that has inspired imaginations for centuries, a fish many have hated, a fish many have thrown on the shore to die. He shares with us his sometimes bizarre angling adventures in search of this air-breathing freshwater giant (up to 10 feet in length and well over three hundred pounds) as he separates fact from fiction. Spitzer recounts his lengthy and often frustrating quest from Texas and Louisiana, Missouri, and Arkansas to catch his own gar. – Season of the Gar: Adventures in Pursuit of America’s Most Misunderstood Fish, by Mark Spitzer (paper $19.95), published by the University of Arkansas Press, is a fang-infested, monster-headed, armor-plated romp through the prehistoric swamps and murky rivers of America’s most feared and demonized fish. ![]()
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