Bird Dog Days, Wingshooting Ways: Archibald Rutledge's Tales of Upland Hunting
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (630 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1611176549 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In this revised and expanded edition of Bird Dog Days, Wingshooting Ways, noted outdoor writer Jim Casada draws together Rutledge’s stories on the southern heartland, deer hunting, turkey hunting, and Carolina Christmas hunts and traditions. This collection, first published in 1998, turns to Rutledge’s writings on two subjects near and dear to his heart that he understood with an intimacy growing out of a lifetime of experienceupland bird hunting and hunting dogs. Bird Dog Days, Wingshooting Ways also includes a long fictional piece, “The Odyssey of Bolio,” which shows that Rutledge’s literary mastery extended beyond simple tales for outdoorsmen.. A prolific writer who specialized in stories on nature and hunting, over the course of a long and prolific career Rutledge produced more than fifty books of poetry and prose, held the position of South Carolina’s poet laureate for thirty-three years, and garnered numerous honorary degrees and prizes for his writings. Its contents range from delightful tales of quail and grouse hunts to pieces on special dogs and some of their traits. Archibald Rutledge has long been recognized as one of the finest sporting scribes this country has ever produced
Classic Rutledge! While the writings are old, they Classic Rutledge! While the writings are old, they still capture and intrigue even today, making you long for a simpler more earthly time.
In this collection of bird-dog stories reprinted from Rutledge’s archive, Casada offers a glimmer of hope for the game birds, and the bird hunters who pursue them, that a new generation, one that sadly had to grow up without the sweet whistle of bobwhites in the spring, will be inspired by these stories of bird hunting days at their best.”Joey Frazier, editor, South Carolina Wildlife magazine“As a Yankee who’s been making hunting forays into the Southeast just the last decade, I enjoy Archibald Rutledge’s insight into the rich world of Dixie’s hunting culture and his unique, old-world diction. “Although Jim Casada often refers to Archibald Rutledge as the ‘master of twice-told tales,’ Casada himself surely must be the master of knowing which tales are worth retelling. This is a must-read collection.”Hunting magazine“Jim Casada has compiled and edi
Over the course of his career, he has won more than 170 excellence-in-craft awards from regional and national organizations. The editor at large for Sporting Classics magazine, he writes columns for two newspapers and contributes regularly to outdoor magazines. . Jim Casada is a retired Winthrop University history professor who has written on outdoor-related subjects for some four decades. Casada is currently working on a biography of Ru