Alexander MacDonald
Edited and Published by Ian Ruxton
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since 11 March 2024
Alexander MacDonald fishing in Chile (from a MacDonald family home movie).
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This non-fiction book was first written in 1940, but could not be published in wartime conditions because paper was scarce, and minds were not on leisure pursuits. It was revised in the early 1950s. The author Alexander Macdonald CBE (1894-1954) loved the sport of fishing and his adopted country Chile. This love shines through the book, along with his gentle humour. It was his hope and intention to introduce the wonderful fly fishing in Chile to an English-reading audience. Now at last this fine book is published. The editor has added a brief biography of the author, footnotes and a preface, but otherwise the manuscript is as it was in 1952.
The original fishing zone maps have been added in March 2023.
See the editor's YouTube channel for a playlist with recorded readings of the book. He is a grandson of the author, who died two years before he was born.
This book is now available in kindle, paperback and two hardcover formats (amazon and the original hardcover on lulu.com). There is also a free-to-download PDF.