Washington as an Angler, with Extracts from His Diaries 1787-89

by George H. Moore

$225 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition. 15 pp. 1 vols. Thin 8vo. Unsewn, in sheets, fine. Bruns M 224/225. Item #218886 Dedicated to Grover Cleveland, this slim 16-page work quotes the angling references in Washington's diaries and gives brief descriptions of his angling hosts and companions. Interesting for this, and for the author's conviction expressed in his dedication to President Cleveland that No good fisherman was ever a bad

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