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James Prosek began his writing career at the age of twenty with Trout, An Illustrated History when he was still a student at Yale University. His other books include Joe and Me: An Education in Fishing and Friendship, The Complete Angler: A Connecticut Yankee Follows in the Footsteps of Walton, and Fly-Fishing the 41st: Around the World on the 41st Parallel. He wrote and co-produced a Peabody Award-winning fishing documentary on ESPN. His first venture into children's books, A Good Day's Fishing, followed his adult books' footsteps in its popularity. He lives next to a fishing pond in Easton, Connecticut. Visit James at his website www.jamesprosek.com.

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Bird, Butterfly, Eel has won an award
May 06, 2010
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Bird, Butterfly, Eel has won an award
Apr 03, 2010
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Jun 28, 2009
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Bird, Butterfly, Eel is now available in Hardcover
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Bird, Butterfly, Eel is now available in Hardcover
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The Day My Mother Left will be released on March 10, 2009 in Trade Paperback
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The Day My Mother Left will be released on February 27, 2007 in Hardcover
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The Day My Mother Left is now available in Hardcover
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Morning Call, April 5, 2013
...the best selling Fifty Places series, and “Trout of the World: Updated and Revised” by conservationist and artist James Prosek.    With trout season here, both books offer unique perspectives on the allure behind the fishing culture. “Why I...
Guardian.co.uk, March 24, 2013
...bookshop ; Amazon UK ; Amazon US ]. SUMMARY: In the rereleased edition of Trout of the World, fans of James Prosek's unique painting talent will revel in the addition of 30 new fish paintings and a newly penned preface. First released in 2003, Trout of...
Vogue.com, January 10, 2013
...Johnson (Knopf), an epic account of one of twentieth-century America’s most difficult, fascinating, and freshly sympathetic personalities. James Prosek’s Ocean Fishes: Paintings of Saltwater Fish (Rizzoli), foreword by Peter Matthiesen, a bound,...
Live Trading News, November 20, 2012
...who has given us six decades of unparalleled work. And get ready to rethink the eel. Nature joins James Prosek, naturalist, artist and author, as he leads us on an adventure that demystifies one of the world’s most unusual and fascinating fish.” ...
Martha's Vineyard Times, August 5, 2012
...of his 23-foot Bluefin. I recommend his buddies bring along a current copy of the IGFA record book. James Prosek on eels Fisherman, author, conservationist, and artist James Prosek is quite an accomplished guy. While an undergraduate at Yale he...
PR Newswire, July 19, 2012
...who has given us six decades of unparalleled work. And get ready to rethink the eel. Nature joins James Prosek, naturalist, artist and author, as he leads us on an adventure that demystifies one of the world's most unusual and fascinating fish." Nature...
Vogue.com, January 10, 2013
...Johnson (Knopf), an epic account of one of twentieth-century America’s most difficult, fascinating, and freshly sympathetic personalities. James Prosek’s Ocean Fishes: Paintings of Saltwater Fish (Rizzoli), foreword by Peter Matthiesen, a bound,...
Montgomery Media, December 11, 2012
...The “Ocean Fishes” exhibition by James Prosek at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University brings art and science together. Prosek grew up in Stamford, Conn., and was introduced to nature as a child by...
Public Spirit & Willow Grove Guide, December 11, 2012
...The “Ocean Fishes” exhibition by James Prosek at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University brings art and science together. Prosek grew up in Stamford, Conn., and was introduced to nature as a child by...
Portland Mercury, November 23, 2012
...upon a book with a beautiful painting of an eel on the cover. The book is “Eels” by James Prosek. In it I discovered that historians agree that eel was likely present at the first Thanksgiving dinner, a fact I had until that moment been completely...
Portland Mercury, November 23, 2012
...upon a book with a beautiful painting of an eel on the cover. The book is “Eels” by James Prosek. In it I discovered that historians agree that eel was likely present at the first Thanksgiving dinner, a fact I had until that moment been completely...
Portland Mercury, November 23, 2012
...upon a book with a beautiful painting of an eel on the cover. The book is “Eels” by James Prosek. In it I discovered that historians agree that eel was likely present at the first Thanksgiving dinner, a fact I had until that moment been completely...
Portland Mercury, November 23, 2012
...upon a book with a beautiful painting of an eel on the cover. The book is “Eels” by James Prosek. In it I discovered that historians agree that eel was likely present at the first Thanksgiving dinner, a fact I had until that moment been completely...