{"product_id":"9780008787042","title":"Fishing's Strangest Tales","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Quinn, Tom \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFishing, angling\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 June 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (Pavilion) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Strangest series' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e136 x 206 x 24 | 308g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtraordinary but true stories from over two hundred years of angling history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Fishing's Strangest Tales gathers together choice stories and bizarre fishing tales from all over the world. Meet the Oxford scientist who, in 1910, discovered the marvellous life-giving properties of brandy to fish who had otherwise gasped their last. Or how about the nine-year-old boy fishing for trout who caught a large mussel – containing no less than forty pearls – and managed to earn more in one day than his father, a farm worker, had earned in the last five years?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Fishing's Strangest Tales is full of fascinating tales that may sound fishy but will have have you caught – hook, line and sinker.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58241227489661,"sku":"9780008787042","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9780008787042.jpg?v=1780404667","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.com\/products\/9780008787042","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}