Mark Spitzer

In Search of Monster Fish

Angling for a More Sustainable Planet

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Produktbeschreibung

Mark Spitzer is an associate professor of writing at the University of Central Arkansas. He is the author of more than twenty-five books, including Season of the Gar: Adventures in Pursuit of America’s Most Misunderstood Fish and Beautifully Grotesque Fish of the American West (Nebraska, 2017). Spitzer has consulted for Nat Geo’s¿Monster Fish¿and appeared on Animal Planet’s¿River Monsters. ¿ ¿

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bison Books
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 216mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781496211880
• ISBN-10: 149621188X
• Artikelnr.: 53066561

Autorenporträt

Mark Spitzer is an associate professor of writing at the University of Central Arkansas. He is the author of more than twenty-five books, including Season of the Gar: Adventures in Pursuit of America’s Most Misunderstood Fish and Beautifully Grotesque Fish of the American West (Nebraska, 2017). Spitzer has consulted for Nat Geo’s Monster Fish and appeared on Animal Planet’s River Monsters.    

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
1. Demythologizing Demonologies: Snakeheads and Piranhas Rabid in the
Amazon
2. Welsing for Colossals in Catfishalonia: A Hypothetical History
3. Cuda Chaos in the Dominican Republic: Only Beaten by the Waves
4. Sportfishing Gar: An Old Dog’s Failure Proves a Point
5. Monster-Fishing Shark Off Montauk: Reframing the Narratives of Fisheries
and Ourselves
6. Monster Carp in France: In Pursuit of Fish without Borders
7. Bananas for Tarpon: A Matter of Timing in the Gambia and Beyond
8. Striking Gold in Senegal: One Monster Fish Leads to Another
9. Attack of the Italian Zander: Putting Back More Than We Take Out
10. Translating an Eely Ionian Monsterfest into Top Predator Decimation:
More Than Just a Metaphor
Conclusion: Fishery Solutions for the Disenlightenment
Notes