| 词条 | S. Kip Farrington |
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| name = S. Kip Farrington, Jr. | image = Kip Farrington.jpg | alt = Two men looking at each other and holding up a survival belt | caption = Anglers S. Kip Farrington (left) and Mike Lerner (right) inspect US Navy survival gear in Miami | birth_name = Selwyn Kip Farrington, Jr. | birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|05|07}} | birth_place = Orange, New Jersey, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|02|07|1904|05|07}} | death_place = Southampton, New York, U.S. | nationality = American | other_names = | occupation = Writer | years_active = | spouse = Sara Houston Chisholm (1934–83) | known_for = | notable_works = }} Selwyn Kip Farrington, Jr. (May 7, 1904 – February 7, 1983) was an American writer and sport fisherman. As a journalist he did much to popularize big game fishing from the 1930s onward, and set a number of records himself. In addition to fishing, he was a noted rail enthusiast. Farrington wrote and published twenty-four books covering such diverse topics as fishing, railroading, and amateur hockey. BiographyFarrington was born in Orange, New Jersey. His father was a stockbroker; Farrington joined the family firm at the age of 16 and seemed destined to follow in his father's footsteps until a move out to East Hampton on Long Island in the 1920s awakened an interest in big-game fishing.[1] Farrington became a recognized figure in the sportfishing community. He served as fishing editor of Field & Stream from 1937–1972 and counted the American writer Ernest Hemingway, another avid fisherman, among his friends.[2] His largest catch came in 1952, when he caught a {{convert|1135|lb|adj=on}} Atlantic blue marlin off Cabo Blanco, a record for the time.[1][2] He was the first to catch a blue marlin off Bimini[3] and the second, after Hemingway, to catch an Atlantic bluefin tuna there.[2] Farrington's other great love was rail transport. Over the course of his life Farrington rode trains in 39 countries, amassing thousands of miles.[1] Farrington wrote ten books on the railroad history, "with an emphasis...on what was new in railroading." The American historian John H. White Jr. called Farrington a "skilled writer."[4] Farrington married Sara Houston Chisholm, who became an accomplished angler in her own right, in East Hampton in 1934. Farrington lived in East Hampton until his death in 1983.[1] Selected works{{colbegin}}
References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/08/obituaries/s-kip-farrington-jr-is-dead-was-a-sportsman-and-writer.html | title=S. Kip Farrington Jr. Is Dead; Was A Sportsman And Writer | work=The New York Times | date=February 8, 1983 | accessdate=July 6, 2016 | author=Thomas, Robert McG. | authorlink=Robert McG. Thomas Jr.}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YDEjLnXEJ_cC&pg=RA5-PA20 | title=Remembering Kip | author=Rybovich, John | journal=Boating | date=June 1983}} 3. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hWj-AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA58 | title=The Billfish Story: Swordfish, Sailfish, Marlin, and Other Gladiators of the Sea | publisher=University of Georgia Press | author=Ulanski, Stan | year=2013 | location=Athens, GA | pages=58 | isbn=978-0-8203-4633-5}} 4. ^{{cite journal | title=Writers Of The Rail: Famous Long Ago | author=White, John H. | journal=Railroad History | date=Spring–Summer 2006 | issue=194 | pages=29 | authorlink=John H. White Jr.}} External links
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