James Prosek is a writer and artist. Dubbed "the Audubon of the fishing world" by the New York Times, his books include Trout, The Complete Angler, and Fly-Fishing the 41st. He lives in Easton, Connecticut.
"Eels [is] more than a fish book. It is an impassioned defense of nature itself... In Eels, [Prosek] passes on the truth that the often disdained eel, like all migratory fish, is vital and mysterious and worthy of our full effort to bring it back." -- New York Times Book Review"Prosek has a talent for observation. . . . He finds the beauty in things, the hook, the reason why they get to us, why they lodge in our subconscious. . . . Yes, it's a book about eels -- but it's the stuff of dreams, and it's all true." -- Los Angeles Times"Entertaining. . . . Prosek's writing is fluid and relaxed" -- Washington Post"A wonderful account of far-flung travels in pursuit of the secrets of the earth's most mysterious fish. . . . Fascinating and beautifully rendered." -- Peter Matthiessen"A delightful work with the urgency of a good detective story." -- Thomas McGuane"[A] riveting synthesis of cultural, geographical, and botanical sleuthing." -- Publishers Weekly"I loved it! A beautiful adventure story of one of the most wide-spread and least-known but ecologically important fish." -- Bernd Heinrich, author of Summer World"A comprehensive and appreciative study of one of the world's most mysterious creatures. . . . [Prosek] has collected anguilline myths, lore and recipes from all over the world" -- The Economist"[Prosek is] a diligent natural historian, keen to the greater landscape. . . . A warm, enrapturing paean to the totemic potency of eels." -- Kirkus Reviews"An engagingly written account... Readers interested in anthropology and folklore, fishing, and natural history will also enjoy this volume, which is enhanced by the author's etchings." -- Library Journal"Enthralling. . . . The eel's story is remarkable, and so are Prosek's tales of eel people." -- New Scientist"The tale of Ray Turner, a man who still fishes for eels the traditional way with a hand-built weir, is at the heart of the book, tying the mythology, the mystery, and the commerce of eels together into his story." -- Booklist"James Prosek sets out to explore the life of an animal that he calls 'timeless and vital, a metaphor for the resilience of life itself.' He is an ideal guide to this world...his knowledge and abiding interest permeate the book." -- Seattle Times"The 50-million-year-old species wouldn't seem a likely subject for a riveting natural history book--it is covered in slime, after all--but Prosek pulls it off, thanks mostly to the rabid eel aficionados he digs up." -- Outside
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