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Darwin's Bass

The renowned psychologist, devoted fisherman, and author of Pavlov’s Trout returns with a “witty, informal guide to the human mind” (Psychology Today).

In this follow-up to his widely acclaimed Pavlov's Trout, Paul Quinnett, Ph.D., explores the evolutionary foundations of fishing and why so many people have such a strong bond to the sport. Referencing Charles Darwin's Origin of the Species, Quinnett examines how people have evolved, and in some ways “de-evolved”, from our fishing and evolutionary partner the black bass.

Throughout Darwin's Bass, Quinnett uses a variety of fishing situations to examine man's place in the evolutionary universe. The book is also a field guide to a better life, as Quinnett offers clinical advice on how to live longer, happier, and healthier by fishing often and hard.

Paul Quinnett

Inthe two years that have elapsed since the publication of his first everpsychology of fishing, Pavlov's Trout, Dr. Paul Quinnett has held true to hisown advice to go fishing often, with excursions to Alaska, Canada, ChristmasIsland and his home waters around eastern Washington and northern Idaho. Whennot on the water, he is Director of Greentree Behavioral Health in Spokane,Washington He also serves as Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department ofPsychiatry and Behavioral Science at the University of Washington School ofMedicine. Quinnett is a nationally recognized authority on suicide prevention,about which he has written several books, including When Self-help Fails and Suicide: The Forever Decision. He alsocreated "QPR, CPR for Suicide Prevention," a national program for theprevention of suicide.Dr.Quinnett likes to say he's been a fisherman all his life, but a psychologistfor only the last 27 fishing seasons. He uses his frequent outdoor pursuits asgrist for a prolific writing avocation that has included publication inhundreds of national magazines, including Gray'sSporting Journal, Sporting Classics, Field & Stream, Sports Afield, Audubonand others.

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