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Chargement... Fly Fishing Through The Midlife Crisispar Howell Raines
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Howell Raines has gone fly fishing with presidents of the United States and legends of the sport, as well as relatives, childhood friends, and his two sons. Casting deep into the waters of his tumultuous and momentous life -- his storied career at the New York Times, his painful divorce, his seven-year feud with his father, his memorable friendship with fisherman/philosopher Richard C. Blalock -- Raines offers his now-classic meditation on the "disciplined, beautiful, and unessential activity" of fly fishing and the challenges and opportunities of middle age. A witty and profound celebration of life's transitions and the serene pleasures of the outdoors, Raines's memories and observations offer wisdom for the younger man, comfort for the older man, and rare insight for women into the often puzzling male psyche. "Hear me, my brothers," Raines says. "Anything is possible in the life of a man if he lives long enough. Even adulthood." Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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While all of this is self indulgent, Raines has the decency to admit it. The book ends with an affirmation that his fishing is ultimately a selfish activity, and one that he refuses to feel bad about.
Raines personal development provides a frame for the meat of the book, which consists of interviews, snippets of history, entomology and biography related to fly fishing and its development. Raines uses his clout as an NYT big shot to interview famous anglers, conservationists, and even gets to go spin casting with the, then president, George H.W. Bush. In fact a surprising amount of the book is dedicated to presidential fisherman most notably Hoover, who fly fished his private streams while the country went to hell, and Carter who had private lessons with Lee Wulf (the greatest American fly fisherman of the 20th century) at camp David.
The heart of the book is Raines friend ship with Dick Blalock, a former foreign-service officer who Raines suspects is a former or current C.I.A. officer. What Blalock is, is a larger than life epicurean who cooks braised lamb instead of trout at his streamside cabin, and who calls up radio shows to harass the republican governor of Maryland so often that the governor knows his voice. Blalock serves as Raines and the reader's guide to the philosophy of fly-fishing and conservation, while proving that fishing is more about the people you do it with than how many fish you pull out of the stream.