This is a collection of wistful, humorous stories about fishing in New England. It combines coming of age stories with the experiences of well lived men to provide a complete portrait of the best New England fishermen have to offer in the early twentieth century. Big Stony is one of two books written for The Derrydale Press by Howard T. Walden, II. Bound in blue bonded leather with gold stamping and a four-color inset of three trout and a creel on the front cover with gold guilded pages.