Silver: The Life-Story of an Atlantic Salmon

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Roderick Langmere Haig-Brown (1908-1976) showed no early writing promise. After being expelled from school for drinking and truancy in his native England, he eventually found his w ay to British Colombia where he spent time with nature. Upon his return to England, he began a writing career that fictionalized various types of wildlife. This is his scarce first book, even more rare in a dustjacket. Blurb on the jacket's front flap states this story is "for people of every age above ten or twelve" but it's likely meant for children. In simple language, H.-B. tells the story of the anthropomorphic chinook salmon named Silver and his "wife" Grace. But readers of all ages will feel an affinity for their finned friend and even grown-ups may feel teary-eyed when Silver's life ends on a fisherman's hook. Show more