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A Place on the Water: An Angler's Reflections on Home | 
| Author: Jerry Dennis
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 3554372
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Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.7
ASIN: B000HWYTFI
Publication Date: January 15, 1996
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Product Description
Profound reflections on fishing, nature, and life highlight a compilation of essays by an experienced naturalist as he blends experience and observation to evoke his Michigan childhood, rail at destructive changes, and consider Hemingway. 20,000 first printing.
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A PLACE ON MY BOOKSHELF September 25, 2008
Jerry Dennis' A PLACE ON THE WATER is a quiet treasure of memories early and late. The writing is spare and pristine. Good essay requires truth and no rush to judgment, a healthy restraint from embellishment and, above all, brevity. Dennis succeeds on all fronts. Like a diamond among rubies, the piece entitled "Brook Trout in Traver Country" stands out as an enduring portrayal of time, place, and one truly unforgettable character. Though from Illinois, I have fished and paddled the waters of Michigan for over twenty years now, and as Jerry Dennis suggests, it would take more than one puny life to really know any one piece of it. Think of this book as an elegant, almost hushed, primer on that road. I would like to meet this Mr. Dennis.
A Place on the Water December 24, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A Place on the Water: An Angler's Reflections on Home
My first review and this book deserves it. "A Place on the Water" belongs on the shelf of every outdoorsman, especially if you have fished the Midwest. Fully captures the joys of youth, family, friends, and the outdoors. The best of short story, outdoor writing.
Very Enjoyable June 30, 2007
My father-in-law lent me his copy knowing that I enjoy both a good read and a day on the water. I really enjoyed Mr. Dennis' home-spun stories which described his love of the outdoors from childhood through adulthood. I also enjoyed the beautiful illustrations. Living and fishing in the upper midwest my whole life makes me feel right at home in the lakes and streams described in the book. I look forward to picking up one of Mr. Dennis' other books.
Great book, Great author January 20, 2004
I think this is probably the best outdoor book I have ever read. Jerry Dennis has a way of making you laugh and realize how much the water means to you as an angler. Every angler should have a copy of this book in their library.
A Place on the Water: An Angler's Reflections on Home. February 18, 2000
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the first book by Jerry Dennis that I have read, and I love it! I grew up in Michigan and have fished some of the same places mentioned in the book. He shares some very fasinating childhood tales. I couldn't put it down until I had read it from cover to cover. Enjoy!
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