James A. Henshall, known as the “Apostle of the Black Bass,” was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1836 and died in 1925. He held the offices of president of the Ohio State Game and Fish Commission, president of the American Fisheries Society, and honorary president of the Izaak Walton League of America. Previous books include Book of the Black Bass, Favorite Fish and Fishing, and More About the Bass.