Copyright © 2002 by John McPhee
All rights reserved
FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX
18 West 18th Street, New York 10011
Published in 2002 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
First paperback edition, 2003
Designed by Gretchen Achilles
eISBN 9780374706340
First eBook Edition : March 2011
Shad dart by Yolanda Whitman
Some parts of this book first appeared, in slightly different form, in
The New Yorker.
The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows: McPhee, John A.
The founding fish / John McPhee.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-0-374-10444-3
ISBN-10: 0-374-10444-1
1. American shad. 2. Shad fishingâNorth AmericaâHistory. I. Title.
QL638.C64 M4 2002
597'.45âdc21
2002025012
Paperback ISBN-13: 978-0-374-52883-6
Paperback ISBN-10: 0-374-52883-7