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Most of my truly good days have been spent fishing . So begins Jack Hemingway's wonderful new memoir of his life as an incorrigible sportsman. But be forewarned - this is not a how-to book, or a guide to secret places, though there is plenty of expertise and uncharted territory to be discovered here. Jack's seasons of a sportsman begin, appropriately, in the spring, at a dude ranch in Clark's Fork Valley, near the Yellowstone River. As an awkward six-year-old threading caught grasshoppers on old worn wet flies has father, Ernest, had discarded, Jack found his lifelong pasion in much the same way his father had so many years eariler as a child on Walloon Lake. His summer would bring steelhead on the North Umpqua, fishing with Papa's newly christened Christ Pants that enabled him to walk on water , and looking for trout along the Danube in the aftermath of World War II. Fall brings expeditions to the steelhead-laden tributaries of the Snake River, fishing for Atlantic salmon, along with time for reflection and proof of Jack's fervent belief that there is always something new to learn . Balancing a self-effacing humour with a delicacy of prose both graceful and knowing, A Life Worth Living is a touching dedication to a lifetime of the sport that both Jack Hemingway and his father loved so much.

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In all the important ways, Jack Hemingway led a blameless life fueled by a<br>singular love for all the days that came his way. His book is informed by<br>the high spirits and cheer of an old-time sportsman, a generous soul whose<br>servings of adversity would have crushed less ebullient spirits. In this<br>book, he is with us still and those of us who knew him will go on hearing<br>that thousand yard laugh as he marched to his rivers. <br>--Tom McGuane<br><br><br><br>

In all the important ways, Jack Hemingway led a blameless life fueled by a <br>singular love for all the days that came his way. His book is informed by <br>the high spirits and cheer of an old-time sportsman, a generous soul whose <br>servings of adversity would have crushed less ebullient spirits. In this <br>book, he is with us still and those of us who knew him will go on hearing <br>that thousand yard laugh as he marched to his rivers. <br>--Tom McGuane <p><br>

In all the important ways, Jack Hemingway led a blameless life fueled by asingular love for all the days that came his way. His book is informed bythe high spirits and cheer of an old-time sportsman, a generous soul whoseservings of adversity would have crushed less ebullient spirits. In thisbook, he is with us still and those of us who knew him will go on hearingthat thousand yard laugh as he marched to his rivers. --Tom McGuane With this passionate memoir, Jack Hemingway certainly gives us a wonderfulevocation of A LIFE WORTH LIVING. --A. E. Hotchner Jack Hemingway had as direct connection with the natural world as any writer who ever lived - including his father. Fishing and hunting and the good life itself live on his pages. --Terry McDonell, Managing Editor/Sports Illustrated Having a world-famous parent known as much for his hairy-chested credo as his craft could only have been daunting, but Jack seems very much his own man who approached life with zeal, humor and a quiet grace, all of which shines through in his candid, unpretentious recollections. Hemingway and fishing are synonymous, and Jack does the name proud; A Life Worth Living is well worth reading! Fly fishing enthusiasts and Hemingway aficionados will want this book. Highly recommended. -- Library Journal. Jack seems very much his own man who approached life with zeal, humor, and a quiet grace, all of which shine through in his candid, unpretentious recollections. Hemingway and fishing are synonymous, and Jack does the name proud. Fly-fishing enthusiasts and Hemingway aficionados will want this book in their creel. Highly recommended. -- The Library Journal With delicately simple writing, Hemingway continues to relay how significant fishing is to him, yet all the while captivating the reader. The book shows how fishing can give life purpose, even save a life. -- Big Sky Journal Take some good, straightforward writing, add adventures many of us would envy and you start to get the idea of what sort of man Jack Hemingway was. His posthumously published book is a great read. -- Oakland Press It is a well-written selection of experiences in the outdoors. -- The (Battle Creek, MI) Enquirer

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Jack Hemingway was an avid fly fisherman and sportsman for more than sixty years, and the son of Ernest Hemingway, one of the century's towering literary figures. His death in 2000 was marked on television and in newspapers and magazines around the world. This posthumous publication is his second book.

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