{"product_id":"hunting-and-fishing-in-the-great-smokies-the-classic-guide-for-sportsmen-9780807859155","title":"Hunting and Fishing in the Great Smokies: The Classic Guide for Sportsmen","description":"Jim Gasque's classic 1948 work offers a period portrait of outdoor life in the Great Smoky Mountains. Filled with anecdotes, fishing and hunting stories, and recollections of legendary local sportsmen and guides, \u003ci\u003eHunting and Fishing in the Great Smokies\u003c\/i\u003e presents a social history of these activities before the founding of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1934. The book also offers an insightful glimpse of the region just prior to an era of significant development and growth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGasque's guide covers trout streams and trout fishing, lake fishing, and hunting. Thanks to careful preservation by the park, the streams Gasque describes still draw sportsmen today. His tips on prime fly-fishing spots are remarkably up to date and remain valuable for twenty-first-century anglers. Hunting is now prohibited within the park, but in surrounding areas it is still common.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJim Casada's introduction for this new edition provides a biographical profile of Gasque, puts the hunting and fishing ethics of the period into perspective for today's sportsmen, and offers Casada's thoughts on fishing in the park as it exists today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Gasque\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.58w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807859155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGasque, Jim:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - The late Jim Gasque was an outdoor writer from Asheville, North Carolina, and author of \u003ci\u003eBass Fishing: Techniques, Tactics, and Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. Jim Casada is a member and former president of the South Carolina Outdoor Press Association and Southeastern Outdoor Press Association. Author or editor of more than two dozen books, his works include \u003ci\u003eModern Fly Fishing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInnovative Turkey Hunting\u003c\/i\u003e, and a number of game cookbooks. Currently completing a detailed book on fly-fishing in the Smokies, Casada also lectures on fly-fishing and turkey hunting and teaches classes on fly-fishing, backpacking, and nature writing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44319559942259,"sku":"9780807859155","price":35.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_2b68bef3-5b82-4dbf-beb2-a8d43176d263.jpg?v=1771420814","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/hunting-and-fishing-in-the-great-smokies-the-classic-guide-for-sportsmen-9780807859155","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}