Confessions of a Shooting Fishing Man
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1999
Merlin Unwin Books (Verlag)
978-1-873674-45-1 (ISBN)
Merlin Unwin Books (Verlag)
978-1-873674-45-1 (ISBN)
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In the form of a diary of his sporting year, Catlow responds to the anti-field sports arguments. During this period he purchases shooting ground, a new gun dog and regularly goes fishing, yet the pages are interspersed with his thoughts on foxhunting, vegetarianism and his quest to understand the motives behind hunting.
When Laurence Catlow, a classics master at a Cumbrian boarding school, sees a beautiful pheasant in flight, he wants to reach for his gun.
In this diary of his sporting year, he asks himself, between days on the local rivers and shoots, why this is so.
His answers are surprising, controversial and convincing. They provide an articulate response to the anti-fieldsports arguments, and he presents them in an entertaining, frank and amusing manner.
Throughout 1995, Laurence's diary records his hopes of buying some precipitous shooting ground in the Pennines, his fishing days on the Eden, Wharfe and other rivers, the arrival of a second gundog and days spent together on shoots. All this activity is interspersed with Laurence's quest for his true motives in killing what he most loves. He looks at foxhunting, vegetarianism, man as a hunter, man as created in God's image and man as a creature doomed, himself, to die.
Nearly 25 years later, this diary remains highly topical, thought-provoking and original. yet its tone is also very human and it comes from the pen of a true nature-lover.
When Laurence Catlow, a classics master at a Cumbrian boarding school, sees a beautiful pheasant in flight, he wants to reach for his gun.
In this diary of his sporting year, he asks himself, between days on the local rivers and shoots, why this is so.
His answers are surprising, controversial and convincing. They provide an articulate response to the anti-fieldsports arguments, and he presents them in an entertaining, frank and amusing manner.
Throughout 1995, Laurence's diary records his hopes of buying some precipitous shooting ground in the Pennines, his fishing days on the Eden, Wharfe and other rivers, the arrival of a second gundog and days spent together on shoots. All this activity is interspersed with Laurence's quest for his true motives in killing what he most loves. He looks at foxhunting, vegetarianism, man as a hunter, man as created in God's image and man as a creature doomed, himself, to die.
Nearly 25 years later, this diary remains highly topical, thought-provoking and original. yet its tone is also very human and it comes from the pen of a true nature-lover.
Laurence Catlow is considered one of the finest and most thoughtful writers on flyfishing today. He has a doctorate in Classics from Cambridge University and was Head of Classics at Sedbergh School. He lives in Brough, Cumbria, and fishes mainly in that county and in Yorkshire, although his pursuit of trout also takes him further afield, to Scotland, Wales, Shropshire and Hampshire. His other interests include shooting and beating, walking his dogs, wine, religion and classical music. Laurence Catlow writes about shooting and fishing for the sporting press. He is author of Confessions of a Shooting, Fishing Man, Once a Flyfisher, Private Thoughts from a Small Shoot and That Strange Alchemy. all published by Merlin Unwin Books.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.10.1999 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 381 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-873674-45-7 / 1873674457 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-873674-45-1 / 9781873674451 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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