Season of the Gar: Adventures in Pursuit of America's Most Misunderstood Fish

Season of the Gar is a fang-infested, monster-headed, armor-plated romp through the prehistoric swamps and murky rivers of America's most feared and demonized fish. Follow Mark Spitzer on his lengthy and often frustrating quest from Texas and Louisiana, Missouri, and Arkansas to catch his own gar. Read about his sometimes bizarre angling adventures in search of this air-breathing freshwater giant (up to ten feet in length and well over three hundred pounds) as he separates fact from fiction. Spitzer draws on folklore, science, history, his own pet gar, and even gar recipes to tell this unique and exciting literary eco-tale about a fish that has inspired imaginations for centuries, a fish many have hated, a fish many have thrown on the shore to die.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: 04/01/2010
ISBN: 9781557289292
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 10/01/2011 pg. 231