{"product_id":"return-to-elkins-creek-a-fishing-odyssey-paperback","title":"Return to Elkins Creek: A Fishing Odyssey - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEvan Peacock\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReturn to Elkins Creek \u003c\/em\u003ecombines a series of fishing stories, descriptions of changing cultural norms, and the peculiar history of freshwater fishing gear. Beginning with subsistence fishing in very rural Mississippi at a time \"when the poorest among us in the Deep South still took our water from holes in the ground and high school was considered an optional step along the career path,\" the stories continue chronologically, with descriptions of learning to fish with rod-and-reel combos and artificial lures; coming-of-age angling misadventures with dubious backwoods characters; swapping fish for toilet paper during the Pandemic; a cheerfully inept expedition to a Florida bay where things were enlivened by a hurricane; and a return to where it all began, alongside a small creek in the hills of the Choctaw County backwoods, cane pole and bait jar in hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart memoir, part cultural history, and part historical vignette, \u003cem\u003eReturn to Elkins Creek\u003c\/em\u003e is held together by the common thread of fishing as a touchstone in changing times. One need not be a fishing enthusiast to appreciate the stories or descriptions of the many colorful characters therein, including the clever and eccentric inventors of modern fishing gear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvan Peacock\u003c\/b\u003e is a former archaeologist in the Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures at Mississippi State University. He is author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eKudzu on the Ivory Tower: From the Backwoods to an Academic Career in the Deep, Deep South\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMississippi Archaeology Q \u0026amp; A\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor with Patricia K. Galloway of \u003ci\u003eExploring Southeastern Archaeology\u003c\/i\u003e, the latter two published by University Press of Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 132\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51989924053293,"sku":"9781496862785","price":26.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/cfh9u6pb8o9781496862785.webp?v=1776253624","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/return-to-elkins-creek-a-fishing-odyssey-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}