Rivers Always Reach the Sea - by Monte Burke (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author of Saban and Lords of the Fly comes an exquisite collection of angling stories that span the twenty-first century.

The thirty-one pieces in Rivers Always Reach the Sea--essays, as well as profiles of some of the biggest names in angling, including Lefty Kreh and Andy Mill--take the reader from the rainforests of Chile to the windswept tundra of Russia, from the remote mangrove-choked basins of Florida's Everglades to the congested littoral zone of New York City, and to many places in between.

The quarry includes trout, Atlantic salmon, tarpon, bonefish and striped bass, but the real quest is for something else entirely. Told in a voice described by the novelist, Carl Hiaasen, as "funny, wistful, and wonderful," the stories in Rivers Always Reach the Sea keep the focus on the "why" of the sport of fly fishing, and not the "how."

Review Quotes

Praise for Lords of the Fly

"Funny, wistful, and wonderful."
-- "Carl Hiaasen"

Praise for Saban

"Definitive."-- "The New York Times Book Review"

"I cannot recommend this book enough--the writing is breathtaking. Monte Burke has written a masterpiece."-- "Wright Thompson, ESPN senior writer and author of Pappyland and The Barn"

"Monte Burke's extraordinarily detailed portraits and nice, clean prose turn his stories into literature. I'm a big fan."-- "Thomas McGuane, author of The Longest Silence"

"The best--and juiciest--fishing book I've ever read."-- "Tom Rosenbauer, author of The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide"

"The most compelling non-fiction book I've read in years."-- "Randy Wayne White"

"In this well-reported, engrossing tale, Monte Burke has captured the imperfect brilliance of Nick Saban. Read it, and you will emerge with a deeper understanding of the man, his zeal, his achievement, and the costs that have come with it all."--Gay Talese

"Insidery, detailed, and absorbing."-- "Sports Illustrated"

"What Susan Orlean accomplished for the strange, hermetic world of orchid hunting in her 1998 classic, 'The Orchid Thief, ' Monte Burke does for another strange, hermetic world in his wonderful Lords of the Fly. A lush, panoramic book."-- "The Wall Street Journal"

About the Author

Monte Burke is the author of Lords of the Fly: Madness, Obsession and the Hunt for the World Record Tarpon, and the New York Times bestseller, Saban: The Making of a Coach, a biography of Alabama head coach, Nick Saban. He is also the author of 4TH And Goal: One Man's Quest to Recapture His Dream, which won an Axiom Award for biography, and Sowbelly: The Obsessive Quest for the World Record Largemouth Bass, which was named one of the best books of the year by Sports Illustrated and Amazon, and was chosen for Barnes & Noble's "Discover Great New Writers" program. After a 14-year stint as a reporter, staff writer and editor at Forbes, he is now a contributing editor at the magazine. He is also a contributing editor at Garden & Gun and The Drake. Connect with him via Twitter @monteburke, or through monteburke.com.

David DiBenedetto is the editor in chief of Garden & Gun magazine and the author of On the Run: An Angler's Journey Down the Striper Coast. His work has been anthologized in The Best American Sports Writing and Take Me Fishing: 50 Great Writers on their Favorite Sport. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina, with his family.