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Casting a Spell - George, Black, Hardcover
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In Casting a Spell, George Black introduces readers to rapt artisans and the ultimate talismans of their uncompromising fascination: handmade bamboo fly rods. But this narrative is more than a story of obscure objects of desire. It opens a new vista onto a century and a half of modern American cultural history. With bold strokes and deft touches, Black explains how the ingenuity of craftsmen created a singular implement of leisure–and how geopolitics, economics, technology, and outrageous twists...
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In Casting a Spell , George Black introduces readers to rapt artisans and the ultimate talismans of their uncompromising fascination: handmade bamboo fly rods. But this narrative is more than a story of obscure objects of desire. It opens a new vista onto a century and a half of modern American cultural history. With bold strokes and deft touches, Black explains how the ingenuity of craftsmen created a singular implement of leisure–and how geopolitics, economics, technology, and outrageous twists...
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Casting a Spell: The Bamboo Fly Rod and the American Pursuit of Perfection
Thirty-five million Americans–one in eight–like to go fishing. Fly fishers have always considered themselves the aristocracy of the sport, and a small number of those devotees, a few thousand at most, insist upon using one device in the pursuit of their obsession: a handcrafted split-bamboo fly rod. Meeting this demand for perfection are the inheritors of a splendid art, one that reveres tradition while flouting obvious economic sense and reaches back through time to touch the hands of such figures as Theodore...
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Books, DVDs & Videos - Casting A Spell: The Bamboo Fly Rod
In Casting a Spell, George Black introduces readers to rapt artisans and the ultimate talismans of their uncompromising fascination: handmade bamboo fly rods. But this narrative is more than a story of obscure objects of desire. It opens a new vista onto a century and a half of modern American cultural history. With bold strokes and deft touches, Black explains how the ingenuity of craftsmen created a singular implement of leisureand how geopolitics, economics, technology, and outrageous twists...
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Knitting (200 Q & A. Questions Answered On Everything From Casting On To Decorative Effects) (spiral) (hardcover)
Knitting (200 Q & A. Questions Answered On Everything From Casting On To Decorative Effects) (spiral) (hardcover) - By Rita Taylor
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Casting a Spell
An avid fisherman and the author of The Trout Pool Paradox offers a personal and cultural history of the bamboo fly rod and the sport it represents, profiling a network of gifted craftsmen who pursue the ultimate in the perfect fly-fishing rods and examining the tension between individual creativity and mass production. 35,000 first printing.
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Casting a Spell: The Bamboo Fly Rod and the American Pursuit of Perfection by George Black
In Casting a Spell , George Black introduces readers to rapt artisans and the ultimate talismans of their uncompromising fascination: handmade bamboo fly rods. But this narrative is more than a story of obscure objects of desire. It opens a new vista onto a century and a half of modern American cultural history. With bold strokes and deft touches, Black explains how the ingenuity of craftsmen created a singular implement of leisure–and how geopolitics, economics, technology, and outrageous twists...
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Light up the night sky in this colorful witch costume! It zips in back and laces in front, plus it's got a built in panty to prevent any unexpected shows while you're whisking about on your broom.
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