Product Description

If the captivating smile of a young Hemingway crouched over a lion isn't enough to pull you inside the covers of The Greatest Hunting Stories Ever Told, the remarkable prose you'll find throughout its pages will. Its target is serious writing, and it bags some powerful literary prey. Lamar Underwood, long an editor at Sports Afield and Outdoors, has assembled a stellar collection from the pens of Hemingway (naturally), Faulkner, Turgenev, Thomas McGuane, Vance Bourjaily, Patrick O'Brian, Robert Ruark, and Teddy Roosevelt, all of whose prose hunts for big answers as well as big game.

While clearly addressed to the fraternity of hunters, the essays and stories in this collection transcend the boundaries of the field. McGuane, writing passionately about how the hunt for food defines who we are in "The Heart of the Game," observes, as Sitting Bull did before him, "when the buffalo are gone, we will hunt mice, for we are hunters and we want our freedom." Hemingway, in "Remembering Shooting-Flying," an Esquire column from 1935, keeps world affairs in perspective when he wonders "how the snipe fly in Russia now and whether shooting pheasants is counter-revolutionary." "The Forest and the Steppe" is one of Turgenev's evocative "Hunter's Sketches"; evocative also defines "Mister Howard Was a Real Gent," one of Ruark's marvelous "Old Man and the Boy" contributions to Field & Stream.

Given the overall subject, there is plenty of sporting drama throughout, but also plenty of thoughtful reflection, and absolutely magnificent storytelling, which is as it should be. When you set your sights on the greatest, your aim needs to be true. --Jeff Silverman

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Product Details

Publisher	The Lyons Press
ISBN	1592284825
Features	ISBN13: 9781592284825 Condition: New Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
Creator	Lamar Underwood
EAN	9781592284825
Label	The Lyons Press
Edition	1st
Dewey Decimal Number	799.2
Studio	The Lyons Press
Number Of Pages	280
Title	The Greatest Hunting Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Nine Unforgettable Tales
Format	Paperback
Publication Date	2004-09-01
Manufacturer	The Lyons Press

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Customer Reviews

Good book

Review by Leslie H. Barker, 2010-02-08

I bought this book as a Christmas gift for a hunter who enjoys reading. He found that the stories were pretty good, some really good! and I thought he thought it was a great gift.

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book

Review by Arleen K. Olson, 2009-01-26

bought this for a retired hunter. He loved the stories. Great book for a gift.

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The Greatest Hunting Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Nine Unforgettable Tales

Review by Mid-Prairie Teen, 2005-12-16

The Greatest hunting stories is a book with 29 of the greatest hunting stories. One of the stories I like the best is Black Death. This Story is about a cape buffalo that kills a man so an officer must go find the buffalo and kill it before it kills some one else. To find out the thrilling ending read the book. Another story is Good Morning. This story is about a young kid that shoots his first buck. "This is a exciting and thrilling book. It would be good for any hunter at any age." -A teenager from Mid-Prairie High School.

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Hunting Tales

Review by Anonymous, 2000-12-12

This is a great book for anyone who enjoys short stories, especially hunting tales. It contains a wide range of content from big game hunting to bird hunting. It also contains a wide range of authors from the classics like Hemingway, Faulkner and Teddy Roosevelt to modern jounalists. This book would make a great gift for a hunting or fishing friend or relative

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