The Best of Sports Afield: The Greatest Outdoor Writing of the 20th Century - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0871136449 ISBN 13: 9780871136442

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr, 1996

Synopsis

A collection of writings and articles from the pages of Sports Afield features a century of work by such distinguished authors as Thomas McGuane, Erle Stanley Gardner, Jim Harrison, P. J. O'Rourke, Gordon Macquarrie, and many others.

About this title

From Library Journal:

Sports Afield dates back to 1887, and while this book spans the 20th century, most of the 50 stories included are from the second half. Nonetheless, the selection is wide and varied and features such writers as Thomas McGuane, Red Smith, Jim Harrison, and even humorist P.J. O'Rourke. The stories are arranged chronologically in one of three categories: hunting, fishing, or adventure. On one level, the stories report on hunting for lions, cape buffalo, elephants, ducks, and deer; fishing for trout, bass, and bonefish; and adventures with bears, cobras, and crocodiles. But the underlying theme is the joy and challenge of nature and the thoughts and inner lives of outdoorspeople. Libraries who subscribe to Sports Afield will want this.?John M. Maxymuk, Robeson Library, Rutgers Univ., Camden, N.J.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0871136449
• ISBN 13: 9780871136442
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 330
• Editor: Cassell Jay, Sports Afield Magazine