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The Book of the Axe

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Written and narrated by Michell Raper
The River Axe flows through West Country hills to the sea. George Pulman , a 19th-century newspaper-founder and fisherman, made it the theme of his book The
Book of the Axe: a book of legends, local history and, above all, a hymn of praise to the sport of ' angling.

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Michell Raper
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George Pulman
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