- Hardcover: 296 pages
- Publisher: Henry Holt & Co (June 1992)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0805016198
- ISBN-13: 978-0805016192
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 680 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #866,754 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
In September 1990 freelance sportswriter Fergus bird-hunted during the opening days of the sage grouse season in Wyoming, blue grouse season in Colorado and chukar season in Idaho. Five months later, this first-time author and his yellow Labrador, Sweetzer, had hunted (and retrieved) 21 species of game birds in 24 states during a 17,000-mile journey recounted here with asides providing recipes for how to cook the various catches. Man and dog tramped in woods and fields, through swamps and deserts; they observed a shoot on a private game ranch and met hunters (and dogs) from all walks of life. Fergus gives a splendid tour of the countryside and a spirited defense of hunting as a sport, sharing his worries about the growth of anti-hunting sentiment and the decline in bird population due to loss of habitat. A fine travel-and-adventure tale, both for hunters and readers who enjoy the outdoors.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
In middle age, the author fulfilled a childhood dream by spending five months Fergus hunted and spoke with famous and infamous hunters, with biologists, authors such as George Bird Evans, and land owners. Like another Fergus (Charles, A Rough-Shooting Dog , LJ 8/91), he writes lyrically about the hunter's role in conservation, the relationship with his dog and with other hunters, the anti-hunting movement, and the very nature of hunting itself. Missing his targets frequently, sometimes admiring rather than shooting, he demonstrates his own axiom that "grace is a quality central to sport and art." This book is highly recommended for public libraries where upland bird hunting is pursued (and also where it is attacked).
- Roland Person, Southern Illinois Univ. Lib., Carbondale
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Roland Person, Southern Illinois Univ. Lib., Carbondale
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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I live in a small town in northern Colorado called Ayn (as in Ayn Rand; local boosters have tried to make a case: that the noted writer actually came here once and that our town is the model for a town in The Fountainhead, but I can find no evidence for either claim). Read the first page
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I live in a small town in northern Colorado called Ayn (as in Ayn Rand; local boosters have tried to make a case: that the noted writer actually came here once and that our town is the model for a town in The Fountainhead, but I can find no evidence for either claim). Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Classic,
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This review is from: A Hunter's Road: A Journey with Gun and Dog Across the American Uplands (Paperback)
For anyone who has a genuine respect and love for upland bird hunting - the sport, the dogs, the game and their habitat - Jim Fergus's A Hunters Road is one of the definitive Classics. The book is not only a wonderfully entertaining read, it is also a serious commentary on those who pursue the sport, the good, the bad, the ugly, the ethics, and the environment. Of course, there will be reader's who either misread or misinterpret Fergus's intent. For those however, who wish to journey into the sanctity of the sport (bird lovers included), and be subliminally educated in the process, Fergus's A Hunter's Road is a must.
1.0 out of 5 stars
A Lost Hunter trying to Find his Way,
By Michael S. Graves (Valparaiso, Indiana-USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Hunter's Road: A Journey with Gun and Dog Across the American Uplands (Paperback)
I saw this book at the library and decided to check it out as I'm an avid outdoorsman. Unfortunately it [the book] deals more with the author trying to get his head straight from a bad childhood, than a good book about upland bird hunting. I personally can have little respect for the author after he and his hunting partners borrowed a shotgun from a rancher who tried to drown four yellow lab puppies. The author describes in detail how one of the pups, through its instincts, tried to swim to shore when the rancher threw them in the river. Any self-respecting upland hunter who loves dogs would not have borrowed the "time-of-day" from this rancher--let alone a shotgun. My Instincts tell me never to pick-up this book up again! If you want to read an an enjoyable book about upland bird hunting in America DO NOT READ this book--try another author like Gene Hill. Sincerely: Michael S. Graves
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This review is from: A Hunter's Road: A Journey with Gun and Dog Across the American Uplands (Paperback)
Well, this is well written, but it is rather one of those books about, "Let's go out and murder some animals this morning." Now if the author had used a camera instead of a gun, this would have deserved 5 stars, but..... Oh well.
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