An Insider’s Look At A Fishing Legend’s Life Story

Of Wind and Tides is a delightful autobiography of one of the world’s true

fishing legends. Starting with his early childhood in the 1930s through the
eventful decades that followed, Stu Apte takes readers along with him as Marketing Campaign
a college student, as a young Naval Aviation Cadet and as a pilot with 34
National sales and marketing campaign
years on Pan Am’s seniority list.
Of Wind and Tides includes adventures from the Korean War to tales National trade campaign
of fishing with some of the sporting world’s greatest celebrities, including Author tour
Boston Celtics John Havlicek and the Chicago Bears Dick Butkus, while
Online marketing and advertising
co-hosting ABC’s “The American Sportsman” with Curt Gowdy. Apte also campaign
describes the more than 40 years he spent fishing with Baseball Hall of
Famer and expert angler Ted Williams.
Much of the book is written as if an instant replay. It includes flashbacks Stu Apte, Of Wind and Tides,
and interesting vignettes with fellow anglers and pilots—including a steamy ISBN: 9780982122709, US $39.95,
yet hilarious interlude with a flight attendant. December 2008, 496 pages, Hardcover,
From Naval fighter pilot to fishing guide for celebrities to spending 5.5 × 8.5, Stu Apte Publishing,
evenings with two different dictators, Apte’s travels around the globe to www.emeraldbookcompany.com
pursue big fish describe what all anglers want to know—how to fish and
where to fish.

Available via Ingram, Baker & Taylor and directly from Emerald Book Company (800.932.5420)

4425 South Mo Pac Expwy., Suite 600

Longhorn Building, 3rd Floor, Austin, Texas 78735
800.932.5420 www.emeraldbookcompany.com