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9780802144768

The Big One An Island, an Obsession, and the Furious Pursuit of a Great Fish

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  • ISBN13:

    9780802144768

  • ISBN10:

    0802144764

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-07-06
  • Publisher: Grove Press

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Kinney goes behind the scenes at Martha's Vineyard's annual fishing derby to chronicle 35 days of fish-addled hope and heartbreak.

Table of Contents

Prologue: The Chasep. 1
838 Hoursp. 13
ôDon't Tell Him Any Secrets!öp. 40
A Black Hole for Fishp. 61
ôSleep When You Dieöp. 74
Leadbellyp. 96
Prayer to the Great Fish Godsp. 107
Yo-Yos in Paradisep. 125
Of Fish and Fistsp. 151
ôI'll Take Ten Fricking Polygraph Testsöp. 174
I Fish, Therefore I Liep. 184
ôThere Is a Black Cloud Over this Fishöp. 208
Till Death Do Us Partp. 216
Hardcore Derby Heartbreakp. 227
ôMenemsha Rules!öp. 245
Epilogue: Winterp. 258
Afterword to the Paperback Editionp. 269
Acknowledgmentsp. 276
Notesp. 279
Conversation with the Authorp. 283
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