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Crunch & Des: Classic Stories of Saltwater Fishing |  | Author: Philip Wylie
Creator: Karen Wylie Pryor
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Category: Book
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Seller: Bashibazouk_Books
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 1340273
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 384
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 1585744956
Dewey Decimal Number: 799
UPC: 660813744951
EAN: 9781585744954
ASIN: 1585744956
Publication Date: May 1, 2002
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Product Description
Philip Wylie's immensely popular stories about saltwater fishing are filled with excitement, the thrill of marine sport, and shrewd character studies. The author's daughter, Karen Wylie Pryor, put this full and thoughtful collection together. In her introduction she writes: "For the reader about to breathe Wylie's velvet air, hear the chug of charter boat engines, and cross the bridge of indigo-blue of the Gulf Stream for the first time-I envy you." (6 x 9, 384 pages) Philip Wylie was the author of such books as Finnley Wren, Gladiator, and Generation of Vipers.
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Flashback with Crunch and Des August 21, 2006
Clare Mccreary (FL USA)
Having read some of the stories when originally published, it was a great pleasure to see them again, just as I remembered. It is fantastic to be able to read good stories, without the gore and F-words thrown in. These stories are well written and fun to read. Good reading for teens on up.
Do yourself a favor and buy this book! March 20, 2002
Phillip H. Beard (Dayton, OH USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I don't fish. But the short stories told in this book are great. If you enjoy great writing and stories with good overtones, then you'll enjoy this book. First read it when I was about 15. I still pick it up and read it at least once every year. I'm mid-40s now.Set in the 30s and 40s, these short stories chronicle the working lives of two charter boat sport fishermen and their customers who sail out of a Miami, Florida fishing dock. A great perspective on life in those times and better days in this country. A feel good book even for someone who isn't a feel good kinda guy. I'd loan you my copy, but I don't want to part with it. A book I'd want my kids and their kids to read. Filled with many personalities and twists, but always with a good ending.
Fantastic! December 17, 2000
I love this book! Each short story holds your absolute attention, not only for the great fishing, but also the entertaining life lessons each new character brings. You don't have to be interested in fishing to like Crunch & Des, but if you are, you'll appreciate it all the more. I highly recommend this book. I'm buying copies for friends.
 One of Wylie's best efforts on the world of sport fishing. July 4, 1999
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Phil Wylie was a marvelous fisherman and he delighted in sharing the sport with his readers. Wylie never received the recognition he deserved as an author and it is hoped that more of his titles will be reprinted for a new generation. His humanity shines throught on every page he ever wrote.
Great read: The smile on your face lasts after the last page March 31, 1998
epsco@epix.net (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A delightful read that will make people looking at you wonder what is so amusing. Really captures the flavor of early saltwater sport fishing. Enjoyable whether you are a sport-fisher or not. Selected short stories from a larger list published in Sat. Eve.Post. Anxiously trying to find more by this fine writer.
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