Notes On Fishing (Studies In Russian Literature And Theory)-used

Notes On Fishing Was Sergei Aksakov'S First Book And Russia'S First Angling Treatise. It Presents A Russian Gentleman'S Observations On The Fishing Tackle, Angling Techniques, And Fish Species He Came To Know During Five Decades Of Adventurefilled Fishing In The Vast Russian Steppe And The Environs Of Moscow. But It Is Goes Beyond A Mere Discourse On Angling, Offering Philosophical, Literary, Linguistic, Ethnographic, Biological, And Conservationist Observations. Aksakov Has Imbued His Notes With A Deep Fondness For The Land And An Expertly Conveyed Atmosphere Of Personal And National Nostalgia.