James Alexander Henshall
James Alexander Henshall (February 29, 1836 – April 4, 1925) was an author on fishing. He was known as the "apostle of the black bass". His book "Bass, Pike, Perch and other Game Fishes of America" (1903) is part of the American Sportsman's Library. Biography. He was born on February 29, 1836 in Baltimore, Maryland to James Gershom Henshall and Clarissa Holt. He married Hester Stansbury Ferguson, a botanical collector and notable artist of plants, on June 9, 1854. He died on April 4, 1925 in Cincinnati, Ohio.