These dispatches from a remote corner of Maine are a delight to read.
In poignant and frequently hilarious prose, Spencer brings us fish stories-tales of the author\'s experience guiding sports on fishing excursions-as well as stories about many of the quirky and eccentric local residents..
Award-winning author and master Maine guide, Randy Spencer, shares this insightful collection of colorful oral histories, teeming with drama, mysteries, and laugh-out-loud moments about eccentric and lovable individuals.
The unlikely survival of such a place in the twenty-first century is remarkable, as is the oral history that has survived with it.
Written On Water takes us to a place where very old ways of life have persisted and, against all odds, the velocity of modern life has not yet invaded its shores and lakes, pines, canoes, and most importantly, its citizens. 132) has been hallowed ground since the 1800s.
With its assemblage of quirky Characters who live far off the beaten path and consider fishing to be a sacred art, the beautiful, watery, down-east Grand Lake Stream (pop.
Written on Water is an extraordinary collection of tales about the part of Maine that truly is, as those who reside there call it, Back of the beyond. - Lou Ureneck, Author, Professor and Winner of National Outdoor Book Award and Yankee Quill Award Fishing guide and award-winning author Randy Spencer weaves a spell with quirky, colorful residents, fish-out-of-water tourists, native traditions, and a large helping of absolute wonder.
But Written on Water is more than a gallery of memorable Mainers-it\'s a celebration of a passing way of life.
Randy Spencer\'s characters-fishing guides, junk dealers, small-town sheriffs, pot growers, boat builders and trappers, to name just a few-are as pungent as spruce sap.
These dispatches from a remote corner of Maine are a delight to read
