The Best American Hunting Stories
San Francisco, CA : Weldon Owen, [2014]
Format: Book
Description: 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
If there's one thing hunters and non-hunters alike can share, it's the love of a good story.
A collection of the best stories shared throughout the 114 years of Field & Stream magazine, about big game, loyal friends, and the respect that nature commands. From the absolute authorities on outdoor sports and adventure who have earned a reputation for quality writing, plus classic tales from literary greats, The World's Best Hunting Stories brings together the most talented, engaging, and experienced voices to share their stories from the field.
Field & Stream 's experts share their favorite true-life tales with some harrowing and touching words on the art of the hunt. Travel to the black forest of Germany with Dave Petzal, go with Susan Casey on her first elk hunt, and tag along with one of the youngest, most deserving hunters to ever leave an impression on Bill Heavey.
With tales of bear drives and dicey bowhunts, record harvests and sassy trail guides, poachers in Africa, caribou on tribal lands, replicating moose mating calls and the one that got away, there's a story for every hunter, outdoorsman and adventure enthusiast.
A collection of the best stories shared throughout the 114 years of Field & Stream magazine, about big game, loyal friends, and the respect that nature commands. From the absolute authorities on outdoor sports and adventure who have earned a reputation for quality writing, plus classic tales from literary greats, The World's Best Hunting Stories brings together the most talented, engaging, and experienced voices to share their stories from the field.
Field & Stream 's experts share their favorite true-life tales with some harrowing and touching words on the art of the hunt. Travel to the black forest of Germany with Dave Petzal, go with Susan Casey on her first elk hunt, and tag along with one of the youngest, most deserving hunters to ever leave an impression on Bill Heavey.
With tales of bear drives and dicey bowhunts, record harvests and sassy trail guides, poachers in Africa, caribou on tribal lands, replicating moose mating calls and the one that got away, there's a story for every hunter, outdoorsman and adventure enthusiast.
Contents:
The art of hunting: Castaway in deer paradise / Bill Heavey -- Horn of the hunter / David E. Petzal -- Mortality / Thomas Mcintyre -- People of the caribou / Bill Heavey -- How I came to be filled with new zeal and enthusiasm / David E. Petzal -- An improbable elk hunt / Susan Casey -- Trailing a dream / Nate Matthews -- The totem bear / Anthony Licata -- Persistence / David E. Petzal. The way of the hunter: Just one more hunt / Philip Caputo -- The wire / David E. Petzal -- Adventures of a deer bum / Bill Heavey -- Pain / C. J. Chivers -- The badlands pack / Steven Rinella -- Stalking the highlands / Bill Heavey -- The perfect elk / Rick Bass -- Moose misery / David E. Petzal -- The land of giants / Thomas Mcintyre -- A hunter's heart / Bill Heavey. The company we keep: The trail / Keith McCafferty -- Seventeen guys, one old school bus, and more guns than we can count / Bill Heavey -- Ghosts of sheep river / Steven Rinella -- Fowl territory / T. Edward Nickens -- Trouble / Mike Tote -- Bear down / Steven Rinella -- The long stalk / Rick Bass -- The bear up there / Steven Rinella -- A triple play in the crazies / Philip Caputo -- Callie's home / Rick Bass.
ISBN:
9781616286767
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Best | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |