Your Favorite Hunting Book?
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'Grouse Feathers' by Burton Spiller, or any of the followup books by that old Maine gentleman. Those early 1900s days of hunting New England farmland that was returning to nature are over, but his books read on.
'Jock Of The Bushveldt' comes to mind for African tales, also books by Robert Ruark but most big game hunting books were read by me so long ago that I can't name authors or titles. Generally they were written by Great White Hunter types.
No but I'll take a look for it..............................
............................not available on my cable channels, it seems.
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Too many to choose just one, or even several. I love reading Bell, Selous, Roosevelt, Corbett, Hunter, etc. On a more modern note, I enjoy Boddington's "ten year" African books.
It's easier to list the few books that I think are...less wonderful. In my mind I often compare Ruark and Hemingway; while I enjoy Ruark I personally think that Hemingway's hunting books..."Green Hills Of Africa" and "True At First Light"...are good illustrations of what an over-rated hack Hemingway is. On top of that, they often make him come across as a petulant, spoiled, envious child, IMHO.
The other Big Name in hunting books that kinda leaves me cold is Peter Hathaway Capstick. I've got all his books, but reading them is largely for comedy. His overly-dramatic descriptions of everything just get a bit silly, IMHO; literally everything he does is apparently fraught with danger and drama. Death In The Long Grass...Death In The Silent Places...Death On The Way To The Outhouse...jeez, give it a rest already...
Just personal opinions, money cheerfully refunded if I'm proven wrong...
It's easier to list the few books that I think are...less wonderful. In my mind I often compare Ruark and Hemingway; while I enjoy Ruark I personally think that Hemingway's hunting books..."Green Hills Of Africa" and "True At First Light"...are good illustrations of what an over-rated hack Hemingway is. On top of that, they often make him come across as a petulant, spoiled, envious child, IMHO.
The other Big Name in hunting books that kinda leaves me cold is Peter Hathaway Capstick. I've got all his books, but reading them is largely for comedy. His overly-dramatic descriptions of everything just get a bit silly, IMHO; literally everything he does is apparently fraught with danger and drama. Death In The Long Grass...Death In The Silent Places...Death On The Way To The Outhouse...jeez, give it a rest already...
Just personal opinions, money cheerfully refunded if I'm proven wrong...
Yes I considered mentioning Hem, but what you said. Apparently he spent the whole time described in 'Green Hills' fuming and hating his wife for shooting a larger rhino than he did (meantime, she was paying for the whole trip). Likewise, I agree re Capstick, while giving him a point for mocking his own titles at least once in my reading. I'd forgotten about Teddy Roosevelt, both in Africa and in North America he was a true sportsman, one of the best.Too many to choose just one, or even several. I love reading Bell, Selous, Roosevelt, Corbett, Hunter, etc. On a more modern note, I enjoy Boddington's "ten year" African books.
It's easier to list the few books that I think are...less wonderful. In my mind I often compare Ruark and Hemingway; while I enjoy Ruark I personally think that Hemingway's hunting books..."Green Hills Of Africa" and "True At First Light"...are good illustrations of what an over-rated hack Hemingway is. On top of that, they often make him come across as a petulant, spoiled, envious child, IMHO.
The other Big Name in hunting books that kinda leaves me cold is Peter Hathaway Capstick. I've got all his books, but reading them is largely for comedy. His overly-dramatic descriptions of everything just get a bit silly, IMHO; literally everything he does is apparently fraught with danger and drama. Death In The Long Grass...Death In The Silent Places...Death On The Way To The Outhouse...jeez, give it a rest already...
Just personal opinions, money cheerfully refunded if I'm proven wrong...
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There was a time when I thought he was like one of those Hindu gods they have everywhere. And maybe he was!
