Looks at the history of the successful mail-order company, the challenges it faces, and its evolution since its start in 1912.

With colorful, concise, and easy-to-follow illustrations, The L.L. Bean Fly-Fishing Handbook offers a fun introduction to the sport. This friendly volume coaches readers on the basics of fly-casting and assembly of tackle without demanding that the reader invest tons of time and money. The goal here is getting started, and this useful, portable book won't sit on the shelf—it's meant to be taken outdoors for easy consultation. Author Dave Whitlock covers the foods fish eat and how to imitate those foods, details the necessary fly assortment for novices, and provides a useful glossary. Chapters added in this edition include approaches to saltwater fish species, ethics and sportsmanship, and methods for fishing from boats and float tubes.

The founder of the mail order catalog shares his instructions and advice on hunting, fishing and camping.

A compilation of the best instructional books on fly fishing available today, authored by some of the world's foremost fly-fishing experts.

Photographs, ephemera, and anecdotes document the storied history of the popular outdoor equipment company, from its humble origins in the early 1900s to the legacy it has left over the course of one hundred years.

In addition to hiking, camping, & backpacking this general account includes some material on skiing & canoeing.

An extraordinary book about the mystique of Leon Leonwood Bean, the eccentric man who parlayed his "country store" into a mail-order empire with annual sales over $20 million, and has catered to generations of sportsmen, Preppies and Yuppies.