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Lines on the Water: A Fisherman's Life on the Miramichi

David Adams Richards

Anyone who has ever tied a blood knot in a leader or spun a line on the reel, felt the tug of a salmon or seen the glimmer of a brook trout in the early morning sun, understands that fishing is more than a sport. It is, for many, a way of life. In Lines on the Water, we are reminded why this is so.

Memoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Autobiography · medium confidenceMemoir & Autobiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Memoir & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyKeyword Classifier: Arts & Criticism -> Arts & CriticismTopic Classifier: Oceans, Rivers & Water -> Nature & EnvironmentOceans, Rivers & WaterSports & AthletesEssays & Cultural Criticism

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Governor General's Literary Awards: English-language Non-fictionMajor1998WinnerSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    • Miramichi80%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

    This suggestion did not meet the normal display threshold and is more likely to be wrong.

    Fishing is more than a sport: it can be a way of life for many people, shaped by intimate experiences with salmon and trout.

    Model confidence 55%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    25 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 70%.