Richard Shelton's "To Sea and Back" blends natural history with personal and historical stories to produce a dazzling portrait of a quintessentially Scottish fish. 
Richard Shelton combines memoir and deep scientific knowledge to reveal the remarkable life cycle of the salmon and both the salt water and fresh water worlds it inhabits. He expands his theme to explore the history of ocean exploration and demonstrates the importance of the salmon as an indicator of the current health of our rivers and oceans.