[Sam Cree]

As a kid, I liked McGelligot's Pool.
Might have something to do with my later love of fishing.

[RosieCotton]

That's the one where he keeps pulling out weirder and weirder things, right? I know we read it, but didn't own it...so I don't really remember.

[Fedora]

As a kid, I liked McGelligot's Pool.

Might have something to do with my later love of fishing.

It had a similar effect on me--helped get me interested in marine biology and scuba diving.

[osagebowman]

Sam: for fishing laughs you might like Patrick McManus "a fine and pleasant misery" he has a number of humorous outdoors books on the market and in most libraries. btw. Paddlefish, your salt water gear would be appropriate as they are caught by snagging, heavy rods and big treble hooks. Osage river has a goodly population. Working on bridge crossing study in Tulsa, saw a good sized one floating along the shore, deceased, bout 4 ft long, half snout, half fish.

In the Sherlock Holmes genre, try Laurie King - The beekeepers apprentice, the regiment of monstrous women and the moor. Sherlock takes on an assistant, a young american woman studying at Oxford/Cambridge. Well written Victorian tales.