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Russell enlivens [the book] with well-drawn portraits of the sometimes-crusty anglers and biologists who fought to bring back these prized game fish and the twisting plot of politics and science. --Los Angeles Times A page-turner of a natural history tale every bit as suspenseful as the best murder mystery. --BioScience A lot of other books tell you how to catch striped bass. This book alone explains why there are stripers in the water to begin with. This is the saga of the greatest, most hard-won fisheries management success story in the world. Read it, and every time your line comes tight, you'll know who to thank. More importantly, you'll know what else needs to be done. --Carl Safina, author of Song for the Blue Ocean and Eye of the Albatross This book is one of the most amazing fish stories I've ever come across...[Russell] writes vividly, with a splendid sense of drama and, not least, a love of the fish. --Philadelphia Inquirer Fishermen will doubtless find this a can't-put-down read....And even those who don't practice this pastime will have new respect for a fish of surprising brains and brawn. --Boston Globe If you fish for striped bass, then Striper Wars should be required reading. Russell's first-hand account of the battles fought to bring this fish back from near extinction are inspiring and, more importantly, enlightening. --David DiBenedetto, editor, Salt Water Sportsman This important history is rife with lessons no ocean advocate can afford to miss. I found Striper Wars disturbing, encouraging, maddening, funny and, always, a fabulous read. It succeeds thanks to Russell's photographic recall, his mastery of language and, above all, the fact that no living veteran of these wars carries more battle scars. --Ted Williams, Conservation Editor, Fly Rod & Reel , Editor-at-Large, Audubon Striper Wars is the moving story of the decline of the striped bass and the efforts of dedicated conservationists to bring these magnificent fish back from the brink of extinction. We are grateful for his brilliant writing, but the stripers are even more grateful for his efforts on their behalf. --Richard Ellis, author of The Empty Ocean and Tiger Bone & Rhino Horn

A lot of other books tell you how to catch striped bass. This book alone explains why there are stripers in the water to begin with. This is the saga of the greatest, most hard-won fisheries management success story in the world. Read it, and every time your line comes tight, you'll know who to thank. More importantly, you'll know what else needs to be done. --Carl Safina author of Song for the Blue Ocean and Eye of the Albatross

oA lot of other books tell you how to catch striped bass. This book alone explains why there are stripers in the water to begin with. This is the saga of the greatest, most hard-won fisheries mangement success story in the world. Read it, and every time your line comes tight, youAEll know who to thank. More importantly, youAEll know what else needs to be done.o --Carl Safina

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Dick Russell, a longtime environmental journalist, is the author of The Man Who Knew Too Much (Carroll & Graf, 2003), Black Genius: And the American Experience (Carroll & Graf, 1999), and Eye of the Whale (Island Press, 2004). He divides his time between Los Angeles and Boston.

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