The Insightful Sportsman: Thoughts on Fish, Wildlife, and What Ails the Earth FROM THE PUBLISHER
Ted Williams has been covering the environment and the sporting life for 26 years for publications as diverse as Audubon, Fly Rod & Reel, and Gray's Sporting Journal. In his first collection of (updated) columns, you'll read Ted's unique take on the danger of pesticides, the folly of the Army Corps of Engineers' attempts at flood control, and the charms of fly-fishing for smallmouth, to name but a few of the many subjects in these pages.
Whether you fish or hunt or just care about our planet, The Insightful Sportsman will offer an intriguing look at the wildness around us.
SYNOPSIS
Ted Williams has been covering the environment and the sporting life for 26 years for publications as diverse as Audubon, Fly Rod & Reel, and Gray's Sporting Journal. In his first collection of updated column, you'll read Ted's unique views on the danger of pesticides, the folly of Army Corps of Engineers' attempts at flood control, and the charms of fly fishing for smallmouth bass, to name but a few of the many subjects in these pages. Whether you fish of hunt or just care about our planet, The Insightful Sportsman will offer an intriguing look at the wildness around us.
FROM THE CRITICS
California Fly Fisher
"An inspired mix of investigative reporting, straight conservation pieces, and personal essays... Williams does his homework, so he writes with authority, but he also writes with extraordinary grace. These pieces have a pulse, a passion, the great swinging rhythm of a natural storyteller."
Audubon Magazine
Until Ted Williams emerged on the scene, there was no one who put all [his]skills together and thus forged a new kind of environmental journalism -- rich in its detailed, relentless reporting, its uncompromising toughness and its love of the outdoors.
Some of the best of Williams' work is here in this collection of pieces, from Audubon, Fly Rod & Reel and other publications. In this volume is a range of topics that shows the breadth and depth of his writing on everything from why he prefers "jiggering" to ordinary ice-fishing, to how fish-farm operators legally slaughter thougsands of birds annually, to how Idaho cattle barons threatened to kill a US Forest Service official who sought to end abusive grazing practices on the public range.
This is the first collection of Williams' writing -- a remarkable fact, considering the influence he has had on his fellow writers and so many critical environmental issues. In re-reading the stories here, I am struck by how well this work has stood the test of time. Though mostly tied to the events ofthe day and written with the immediacy and power of daily journalism, thw writing has an enduring quality that transcends the shelf life of any magazine.
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