Afield (eBook)

American Writers on Bird Dogs

Robert Demott, Dave Smith (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
272 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-62914-853-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This marvelous collection features stories from some of Americas finest and most respected writers about every outdoorsmans favorite and most loyal hunting partner: his dog. For the first time, the stories of acclaimed writers such as Tom Brokaw, Howell Raines, Rick Bass, Sydney Lea, Jim Harrison, Tom McGuane, and Chris Camuto, come together in one collection. Hunters and non-hunters alike will recognize in these poignant tales the universal aspects of owning dogs: companionship, triumph, joy, forgiveness, and loss.The hunters outdoor spirit meets the writers passion for detail in these honest, fresh pieces of storytelling. Here are the days spent on the trail, shotgun in hand with Fido on pointthe thrills and memories that fill the hearts of bird hunters. Here is the perfect gift for dog lovers, hunters, and bibliophiles of every makeup. This is a delightful, handsome volume that captures the wild spirit of dogs and those who love them.Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for hunters and firearms enthusiasts. We publish books about shotguns, rifles, handguns, target shooting, gun collecting, self-defense, archery, ammunition, knives, gunsmithing, gun repair, and wilderness survival. We publish books on deer hunting, big game hunting, small game hunting, wing shooting, turkey hunting, deer stands, duck blinds, bow hunting, wing shooting, hunting dogs, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Autor

Robert DeMott is Edwin and Ruth Kennedy Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at Ohio University, where he taught from 1969-2013, A lifelong outdoorsman, he edited Astream: American Writers on Fly Fishing (Skyhorse, 2012), and is a Contributing Writer for The Contemporary Sportsman. DeMott lives in Athens, Ohio.Dave Smith has been twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and once a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Other honors include two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He is Elliot Coleman Professor of Poetry and Chairman of The Writing Seminars at the Johns Hopkins University. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.11.2014
• Vorwort: Richard Ford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Angeln / Jagd
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Tiere / Tierhaltung
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: acid trips • afield • al franken • Almanac • avid hunter • aykroyd • belushi • big game hunting • bird dogs • bird hunter • bird hunting • books on aykroyd • books on bird hunters • books on breeds books on dog l • books on career positions • books on chris farley • books on game birds • books on game huntings • books on griffiths • books on jerry garcia • books on photographies • books on spaniels • books on spiller • bourjaily • Breeds • butchering • career position • Chef • chris farley • Cookbook • Cookery • Deer hunting • de la • demott • dennis anderson • dog lovers • Farmer's Market • feral hog • fly fishing • game birds • game hunting • Grateful Dead • Griffiths • Grouse • Guy de • hunting big game • hunting fishing • jerry garcia • Jesse • leash • lorne michaels • Lyons • Memory loss • Minneapolis • night live • northwoods • Outdoors • outdoorsman • Patagonia • Photo • photography • Quail • relative lack • Rifle • ruffed • saturday night • setters • Shooting • Short-term memory • Slow Food • Smoking • Spaniels • special dogs • Spiller • sporting • sportsman • thirty-nine • unalloyed • upland • waterfowl • wild game • woodcock sportsmen
• ISBN-10: 1-62914-853-9 / 1629148539
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62914-853-3 / 9781629148533