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By Hart Stilwell,Brandon D Shuler,Larry McKinney

A tribute to a fish, a recreation, and a time now previous . . .
 
Through a chain of likelihood encounters over a number of years, fishing advisor and journalist Brandon Shuler unearthed a number of drafts of a virtually accomplished manuscript through a virtually forgotten Texas activities author, Hart Stilwell. Titled “Glory of the Silver King,”the manuscript vividly captured the background of tarpon and snook fishing at the Texas and Mexico Gulf Coast from the Nineteen Thirties to the tip of Stilwell’s existence within the early 1970s.
 
Stilwell was once a pro outside journalist with a keenness for salt-water fishing. Now, with Shuler’s cautious study, enhancing, and annotation, this misplaced manuscript has chanced on new lifestyles as either an pleasing “fish story” and a historic image of a region’s traditional background. It effectively conveys the joys of fishing for those as soon as ample species even as it tracks—and laments—the upward push, decline, and eventual fall in their fisheries in Texas (which Shuler is ready to document are actually experiencing a rebound).
 
In a private and informative advent, Shuler paints a portrait of Stilwell and tells the tale of the invention and evolution of the manuscript. He additionally offers a glance into his personal existence as an angler and author, making a reference to Stilwell that offers the paintings authenticity and relevance.
 
Anglers will have fun with Stilwell’s rollicking prose. Environmentalists will take pleasure in the book’s lesson in ocean conservation. For all who live to tell the tale or close to the Gulf Coast, Glory of the Silver King reintroduces a forgotten literary treasure and an impressive fish that after stuffed the waters at our favourite coastal retreats.

"Hart Stilwell used to be a world-class raconteur and storyteller. His unpublished manuscript at the glory days of coastal fishing turned an underground legend, handed round like a sacred totem for many years. Editor Brandon Shuler has revived Stilwell’s folksy allure and penetrating insights, and the result's this enticing and demanding book."--Steven L. Davis, curator, The Wittliff Collections

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