Books About Fish & Fishing on The Point with Mindy Todd
This morning we had the great pleasure of having Dennis Minsky back in the studio to talk about books. Our topic was books about fish and fishing. Our apologies that the show could not be live this month, due to my schedule, but please leave us a comment with any fish book you love that you would like us to add to the list. If you missed the show, you can listen online via WCAI!
Mindy’s Pick
I’ve Never Met an Idiot on the River: reflections of family, photography, and fly-fishing by Henry Winkler
Dennis’s Picks
Fishing Around Nantucket by J. Clinton Andrews
The Hungry Ocean: a swordboat captain’s journey by Linda Greenlaw
Four Fish: the future of the last wild food by Paul Greenberg
The Run by John Hay
The Most Important Fish in the Sea: menhaden and America by H. Bruce Franklin
The Provincetown Seafood Cookbook by Howard Mitcham
American Seafood: heritage, culture & cookery from sea to shining sea by Barton Seaver
Consider the Eel by Richard Schweid
The Founding Fish by John McPhee
Jill’s Picks
“The Fish” by Mary Oliver in New and Selected Poems by Mary Oliver
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
The Shining Tides by Win Brooks
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean
The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton
My Moby Dick by William Humphrey
A Jerk on One End: reflections of a mediocre fisherman by Robert Hughes
Blues by John Hersey
Listener Picks
Even though we weren’t live for the fishing show, we got lots of books suggestions after the show! Here’s the list …
The Finest Kind : the fishermen of Gloucester by Kim Bartlett
Vermont River by WD Wetherell
Cod: a biography of the fish that changed the world by Mark Kurlansky
Beautiful Swimmers : watermen, crabs, and the Chesapeake Bay by William Warner
The River Why by David James Duncan
The Longest Silence: a life in fishing by Thomas McGuane
Reading the Water: adventures in surf fishing on Martha’s Vineyard by Bob Post
Men’s Lives: the surfman and baymen of the South Fork by Peter Matthiessen
Great! Enough to keep me busy at the inter-library loan desk for awhile.
Hi Ms Todd,
My wife and I caught the last half of your broadcast starting with “ a river runs through it” on our way back to ct after visiting friends in south Yarmouth. We both very much enjoyed the reviews, comments and enjoyed reading many of those books. I have one comment on your broadcast and one additional book to recommend. Comment: fishing and drinking are very much less correlated than your conversations implied.
Recommendation: read “the river why” by David James Duncan .
Thanks
Bill
Hi Bill, We’re so glad you enjoyed the show, and thanks so much for your comment and your book suggestion! We think we’ll have to do another fishing shown sooner rather than later, and make sure it is live so everyone can call in with their great suggestions.
Hat tip to Jill for including A River Runs Through It. I am haunted by waters, indeed!
I had never read it before, and it really was gorgeously written. Thanks for listening.
This was great! Some suggestions: The Finest Kind by Kim Bartlett, Vermont River by WD Wetherell, Cod by Mark Kurlansky, & Beautiful Swimmers by William Warner.
Glad you enjoyed the show, and thanks so much for your suggestions. We may need to do a part two fishing show, and be sure it is a live episode!
Out of all of the books picture the only one I’ve read is the cat in the hat. I really need to start reading more books.
Thanks for listening, and we hope you’ll try one of our other book suggestions!
Great selection. I’ll be sure to share these fishing books suggestions on my social media channels. We all know fishing can be boring sometimes, so a good book helps kill time. ha