The Sharks of Lake Nicaragua: True Tales of Adventure, Travel, and Fishing

by Randy Wayne White

Overview

Whether he's engaging in mock aerial combat or riding an Iditarod sled, Randy Wayne White is one of America's most adventurous travelers. In this collection he studies anti-terrorist driving techniques, dives for golf balls in an alligator-infested pond, hunts his fellow man with a paint gun, ice-fishes for walleye with X-ray-stunned night-crawlers, and goes pig-shooting with Dr. Pavlov. With self-effacing optimism, White captures joys and fears of wandering the earth's surface with an eclectic cast of fellow travelers: a frog that won't jump, a group of expatriate Brits who developed an interesting cure for "road jaundice," and even a mad Australian scientist.   Though he rarely finds what he's looking for—like the legendary landlocked bull sharks of Lake Nicaragua—he develops a Zen-like "passion for the means," and a rare ability to revel in the rib-aching humor of each exotic trip.  

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493051731
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	01/17/2020
Pages:	216
Sales rank:	1,157,739
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Randy Wayne White, a former fly-fishing guide whose "Out There" column ran for many years in Outside magazine, currently writes a monthly column for Men's Health magazine. Among the many books he's written are The Sharks of Lake Nicaragua, Batfishing in the Rainforest, Last Flight Out, and the "Doc Ford" mystery series. His novel Sanibel Flats was chosen as one of the 100 Best Mysteries of the 20th Century by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. White is the winner of the Conch Republic Prize for Literature and the John D. MacDonald Award for Excellence in Florida Fiction. He also served on the Florida Judicial Nominating Commission for four years, and currently serves on the Florida Bar Association Grievance Committee. He lives on Pine Island, on Florida's southwest coast.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi

1 Dangerous Games

Fighter Pilots USA 3

Snow Hounds from Hell 11

Antiterrorist Driving School 19

Diving Nine 29

The Big Three 39

Ice Angler Shoot-Out 61

Ironman with Fly 71

The Most Dangerous Game 81

Surfer's Rule 91

2 An American Traveler

A Train, America, and a Frog 103

Road Jaundice in Bangkok and The Hash House Harriers 123

Croc Poachers of Panama 131

An Island Off Borneo 141

Pavlov's Hogs 153

Darwin Town 165

The Sharks of Lake Nicaragua 175

Editorial Reviews

"Randy White is a hell of a good writer, the real McCoy."—Jon Krakauer

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