The Dying Fish: A Sojourn to the Source

By Cedric C. Keith

"A delighful discovery: highly original, entertaining, and often informative, written by a new talent on the scene. This book is highly recommended." - Joseph L. Bast, President, The Heartland Institute "An inspired look at the world of the native brook trout." - Doug Stange, Editor-in-Chief, In-Fisherman "Cedric Keith's solo adventure over the entire range of the eastern brook trout is both high adventure and a startlingly high-minded quest after ideas." - Dr. Jack Kohl, Pianist and Author, That Iron String The Dying Fish is a story about a long walk in the woods, totaling more than 4,000 miles, in pursuit of native brook trout and a better understanding of their world. But it's also, inescapably, the story of the person who took that walk. Cedric Keith begins this quest in his humble urban home but takes himself to a higher place in The Dying Fish , a work that transitions radically from beginning to end. Lacking the know-it-all quality of too many outdoor texts, you'll learn along with Cedric about modern trail life as he begins finding his way from Georgia back to Pennsylvania and points further north. Learning to hike and live in the wild had to come first, before investigation of the brook trout, and The Dying Fish chronicles that process instead of assuming it. You'll encounter Salvelinus fontinalis on intimate terms, beginning with the vestige persisting south of the Smoky Mountains and ending with the trout of dreams inhabiting the wilds of New England. The reader cannot finish the story without gaining an enhanced perspective on the ecology of the species and the diversity of populations from south to north. You will come to know where the brook trout persist, where they don't and why. As Cedric travels on toward and into the New England mountains, the book also rises to new heights, asking more substantial questions about the environment, our society and us as individuals, in keeping with the story of a lone hiker. If the state of the environment is as we've been led to believe, then why are the brook trout and their wilderness returning with a vengeance?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1532790597
• ISBN13: 9781532790591
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 538 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.2" x 6.0"