The Complete Angler

By Izaak Walton

The Compleat Angler was first published in 1653, but Walton continued to add to it for a quarter of a century. It is a celebration of the art and spirit of fishing in prose and verse; 6 verses were quoted from John Dennys's 1613 work Secrets of Angling.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
• Release date: Mar 7, 2013
• ISBN: 9781625582850

Reviews for The Complete Angler

[seriousgrace · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Considering this was first published in 1653 the language is fun to stumble over; full of 'methinks,' 'thee,' 'tis,' that sort of thing. At first blush I would have said this is a nonfiction story of three gentlemen walking through the countryside bragging about their respective "hobbies." One man is a falconer, all about the birds. Another man is a hunter, primed for the kill. The third man is, of course, the fisherman, the angler. It is this man we learn the most from (hence the title of the book). There is a great deal more to the story - an 17th century "how-to" on cooking, inn-keeping, religion, poetry and the like, but I got incredibly bored and gave up halfway through.As a postscript, I did enjoy the illustrations by Boyd Hanna in my undated edition.

[tgoodson_5 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Someone please tell me why the National Council of Teachers of English based the theme of one of its conventions on this musty thing.