The Last Striper
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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 imagine how many children he taught to fish and crab. Dad always wanted a trophy fish. A whopper. This is a true story, though I've taken some liberties with it. My uncles and cousin were there with him the day he caught his striper. We had talked of this day many times over the years before he died. The event marked him with regret and left him empty of any joy in the catch. Dad loved fishing so much that when we said the final good-byes, we tucked a surf rod and lure in his casket. If the pharoahs went to the afterlife with their favorite foods, pets and servants, by God, Dad could take his fishing rod. So what you're reading is a tribute to my father and his really big fish, which happened to be “The Last Striper” of his life.
Title: The Last Striper
Sales Rank: 2222533 in Books
Author: May Lattanzio
Publisher: Amazon, 2008-01-08, Digital, 8 pages
- "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… More reviews
