The Dawn Patrol Diaries
Fly-Fishing Journeys under the Korean DMZ
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2024
University of Nebraska Press (Verlag)
978-1-4962-3449-0 (ISBN)
University of Nebraska Press (Verlag)
978-1-4962-3449-0 (ISBN)
An outdoor memoir of fly-fishing in South Korea, from the Korean Demilitarized Zone to the mountains, the coasts, and places Korean War battles were fought.
While working as an English teacher and freelance journalist in South Korea for twelve years, James Card explored remote mountain valleys with a fly rod. In one of the most densely populated countries in the world, he discovered pristine streams holding rare native trout. Only a few hours from Seoul, Card spent years fly-fishing these streams completely alone. Eventually he shared these experiences with people from around the world, as the only fly-fishing guide in the country. Whether fishing alone or guiding clients, he often felt like he was on patrol, scouting new streams in remote valleys, many of which are near the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
In The Dawn Patrol Diaries Card writes about fly-fishing as well as South Korean landscape and culture. His travels range from the borders of the DMZ to inland mountain trout streams, from the rugged southern coast to the tidal flats of the western coast. He goes fly-fishing where battles of the Korean War were fought and offers vivid descriptions of the last wildlands in South Korea as well as insightful observations on the perils facing Korean cities, villages, and farms.
While working as an English teacher and freelance journalist in South Korea for twelve years, James Card explored remote mountain valleys with a fly rod. In one of the most densely populated countries in the world, he discovered pristine streams holding rare native trout. Only a few hours from Seoul, Card spent years fly-fishing these streams completely alone. Eventually he shared these experiences with people from around the world, as the only fly-fishing guide in the country. Whether fishing alone or guiding clients, he often felt like he was on patrol, scouting new streams in remote valleys, many of which are near the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
In The Dawn Patrol Diaries Card writes about fly-fishing as well as South Korean landscape and culture. His travels range from the borders of the DMZ to inland mountain trout streams, from the rugged southern coast to the tidal flats of the western coast. He goes fly-fishing where battles of the Korean War were fought and offers vivid descriptions of the last wildlands in South Korea as well as insightful observations on the perils facing Korean cities, villages, and farms.
James Card lived in South Korea for twelve years working as a freelance journalist and fly-fishing guide. He has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, The Drake, and other publications.
List of Illustrations
Romanization and Conversion Note
1. The Red Quest
2. Archipelago of Sword and Spear
3. Fishing the Pusan Perimeter
4. The Boy at Toad-Swarm River
5. Escape Country
6. Piscine Doppelgängers
7. Bear Medicine
8. Field-Expedient Pattern Recognition
9. Under the DMZ
10. The River of Records
11. Into the Karst Kingdom
12. The X-Trout of the Sohan Shut-In
13. The War against Rivers
14. The Child, the Dog, the Ape, and the Dead
15. Little Two-Named River
16. Ninth Station Coda
Postscript
| Erscheinungsdatum | 17.07.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Outdoor Lives |
| Zusatzinfo | 30 photographs |
| Verlagsort | Lincoln |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Angeln / Jagd | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4962-3449-9 / 1496234499 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4962-3449-0 / 9781496234490 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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