Return of the Gar

Informationen zum Autor MARK SPITZER has caught and studied gar all over the planet, leading to an appearance on Animal Planet's River Monsters . He also consulted for National Geographic's Monster Fish episode on the alligator gar. The author of 21 books, including fiction, poetry, translations, and nonfiction, Spitzer is an associate professor of creative writing at the University of Central Arkansas and the editor of Toad Suck Review. Klappentext The alligator gar belongs to a family of fish that has remained fundamentally unchanged since the Cretaceous, over 100 million years ago. Interspersing science, folklore, history, and action-packed fishing narratives, Spitzer's empathy for and fascination with this air-breathing, armored fish provides for an entertaining odyssey that examines management efforts to preserve and propagate the alligator gar in the US. Zusammenfassung A sequel to the author's Seasons of the gar (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press! 2010).

Product details

• Authors: Mark Spitzer
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2015
• EAN: 9781574415995
• ISBN: 978-1-57441-599-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Southwestern Nature Writing; Southwestern Nature Writing Series; Southwestern Nature Writing Series; Southwestern Nature Writing
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Nature; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works