Autrefois considéré comme l'un des journalistes les plus intrépides d'Amérique du Nord, cet auteur a exploré les événements tumultueux de son époque avec une curiosité incessante. Sa carrière l'a mené des débuts de la révolution en Russie à des rencontres personnelles avec des figures historiques telles que Gandhi et Hitler. Le style de Farson se caractérisait par un réalisme brut et une capacité à capturer l'essence des moments historiques dramatiques. Son écriture témoigne d'une fascination pour les événements extraordinaires et les personnalités uniques qui ont façonné le monde.
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This is just the story of some rods, and the places they take you to. It begins with surf-casting on the New Jersey coast, when I was 13, and carries on to such scenes as flyfishing the headwaters of the Kuban in the upper Caucasus, and casting for rainbow trout in the rivers of southern Chile, with a volcano erupting every ten minutes within plain view. There is not a record, or even a very big, fish in it; and some of the finest things fishing has given me I have found beside the steams of the West Country in England. Chiefly, I love my rods because of their associations, the places they have brought me to. They have been part of my kit, when I travel, for many years. This magic wand has revealed to me some of the loveliest places on earth. That is the story of this book.