The Last Striper
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend I wrote “The Last Striper” in honor of my father, Louis Lattanzio. He was a man who loved all aspects of fishing salt water (he had no use for freshwater fishing) and surf fishing most of all. He taught my mother to fish during the Depression, and when I came along, I became his fishing buddy at an early age. I learned to dig worms, clams and find shrimp. We seined together. He was a self-taught naturalist and a kid magnet. I can't… Product details and pricing info |
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- "The Last Striper"
- "May Lattanzio's portrait of her father is a poignant view into the life of an ordinary man with an extraordinary feeling for the world he lived in, a world he saw change during his lifetime from one of pristine beauty to the one he had no choice but to accept. Casting for one last look into the world he had known, for that one really big fish, Louie hooks it, and reels it in. Louie's words to that big fish echo the feelings of most of us who are no longer as young as we once were. I wish I could have gone fishing with Louie Lattanzio and the boys, at least once."
David de London, Amazon shorts author: "Chibi Chan Can and other Stories", "Iosev's Workshop", "The Silver Locket". - 2008-04-14, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
