Among The Aspens: Stolen Moments in Secret Coverts - Hardcover

Thomas Carney

9781879356993: Among The Aspens: Stolen Moments in Secret Coverts

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1879356996 ISBN 13: 9781879356993

Publisher: Wolfe Pub Co, 2016

Among the Aspens is the latest collection of essays on the outdoors from acclaimed nature and outdoor writer Thomas Carney. Culled from fifteen years of his award-winning "Tailfeathers" column in The Upland Almanac quarterly magazine, each of the thirty-nine pieces has been reworked, renewed and "remastered" to offer readers a fresh taste of the classic bird hunting themes Tom joyously explores. Come along as he shares both his sense of humor about his own exploits and capabilities and his sense of wonder, awe, love and respect for those elements of the upland gunning experience that draw bird hunters to the fields - season, upon season, upon season.

TABLE of CONTENTS

Introduction .................... 1
Chapter 1 Fall Terms ............ 5
Chapter 2 Misses and Hits ....... 9
Chapter 3 Gearing Down for Fall .13
Chapter 4 For These Days ........17
Chapter 5 A Man's Lair ..........21
Chapter 6 Dames, Sheesh! ........25
Chapter 7 Hear Ye, Hear Ye! .....29
Chapter 8 Scenic Wonder .........33
Chapter 9 Simple Matters ........37
Chapter 10 Mea Culpa .............41
Chapter 11 Nevada Smith Grouse ...45
Chapter 12 Wayne, Nebraska .......49
Chapter 13 Under Leaden Skies ....53
Chapter 14 Two Dakotas ...........57
Chapter 15 Power, Less ...........61
Chapter 16 Pocketful of Change ...65
Chapter 17 Home Rules ............69
Chapter 18 Re-Maine-ders .........73
Chapter 19 Leftovers .............77
Chapter 20 Thoreau Had It Easy ...81
Chapter 21 Signs and Warmings ....85
Chapter 22 Keeping Secrets .......89
Chapter 23 Notes Found on a Podium
After a Banquet .......93
Chapter 24 On Hunting Well: A Utica
Letter ................97
Chapter 25 Hip, Hip, Hooray! ....101
Chapter 26 October Observation ..105
Chapter 27 God...Quickly ........109
Chapter 28 Where's the Fire? ....113
Chapter 29 The Field ............117
Chapter 30 Puppy Rules ..........121
Chapter 31 Revisiting a Theme ...125
Chapter 32 Grousemobile III...? .129
Chapter 33 Convergence Zone .....133
Chapter 34 Who, Me? .............137
Chapter 35 Winter is Coming .....141
Chapter 36 Deja New .............145
Chapter 37 The Old Man and the Z 149
Chapter 38 Guiding Lights .......153
Chapter 39 Washed and Rinsed ....157

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About the Author:

Thomas Carney is a Michigan-based writer. During a career spanning over thirty-five years, he has presented readers with award winning books, essays, humor, both newspaper and magazine columns, photography, news, analysis, features, science and nature writing, and investigative reporting. Tom lives near Grand Rapids with his beautiful wife, Maureen, and their two setters, Abbey the Irish red and white and Lizzy the Llewellin.

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