TIGHT LINES AND DRAGONFLIES, Short Stories by Stephen Ormsby Hughes (1972 1st Ed.)

Author: Stephen Ormsby Hughes. Drawings by Charles Saxon. Published by J.B. Lippincott Co., 1972, 1st Edition. A Very Good Condition HARDCOVER BOOK. Tight spine, clean inside. Good Condition Dust Jacket, unclipped, with light wear and small tear. 155 pages. BONUS: The original gift card, as found, is included.

TIGHT LINES AND DRAGONFLIES, by Stephen Ormsby Hughes is a fun, easy-reading vintage book all about fishing and angling, back in the days when time fishing wasn't counted.

Inside are plenty of tall tales and stories that will confirm the authors love of fishing! And if somehow the stories don't make you laugh, you'll enjoy the wonderful illustrations by Charles Saxon.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: HUGHES, Stephen Ormsby, Born January 21, 1924, in Crosby, Lancashire, England; died June 27, 2005, in Rabat, Morocco. Journalist and author. Hughes was a foreign correspondent for various newspapers and agencies who lived and worked for over fifty years in the North Africa nation of Morocco. During World War II, he joined the Royal Air Force in 1942 and became a pilot. After the war, he found work as a reporter for the Stroud Journal, later also working for Kemsley Newspapers and, during the early 1950s, in Paris for the Continental Daily Mail. Hearing of a job opportunity with the Atlantic Courier in Morocco, Hughes won an assignment with this paper in 1953 and was stationed in Casablanca. He began to favor the people of Morocco, and decided to remain there for the rest of his life. Hughes published a book about Morocco titled Morocco under King Hassan, in 2000, and also cowrote Guide to Morocco (1989). In addition, he released a book about his favorite avocation, fly fishing, titled Tight Lines and Dragonflies (1972); translated poetry; and wrote three radio plays for the BBC.

ISBN: 0397008651
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