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.
He was a recent guest and gar guide on a television episode of Animal Planet\'s River Monsters..
He\'s the author of a number of novels, story collections, poetry, and translations, and a past resident of Paris\'s famous Shakespeare and Company bookstore.
About the Author: Mark Spitzer is assistant professor of writing at the University of Central Arkansas, managing editor of the Exquisite Corpse Annual, and a lifelong, passionate fisherman.
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.
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.
Follow Mark Spitzer on his lengthy and often frustrating quest from Texas and Louisiana, Missouri, and Arkansas to catch his own gar.
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
