Wingbeats and Heartbeats : Essays on Game Birds, Gun Dogs, and Days Afield /
"Wingbeats and Heartbeats is a wingshooter's odyssey to the wild places where, at the end of the day, the companionship of faithful gun dogs and good friends matters more than a bulging game bag. In this sometimes humorous and sometimes poignant collection of essays, Dave Books celebrates...
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Idioma: | Inglés |
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Madison, Wisconsin :
The University of Wisconsin Press,
2014.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Upland tales. Autumn magic
- Completing the picture
- Humbled by Huns
- Snowbelly
- Chukars aren't easy
- Sonoran safari
- Edgar's bird
- Jailhouse blues
- Hunting the sagebrush sasquatch
- Judge Owen Denny Day
- An ammunition maker's best friend
- Don't forget the bear spray
- A lonely, wild bird
- Gentleman Bob
- Helpers in the hunt. A dog's life ; Dogs may be smarter than we think
- Bird dogs and buzztails
- Strange happenings afield
- Second chances
- Rite of passage
- People and places. A nose for valley quail
- Longtails and liars
- Taking one for the team
- Conjugal bliss
- Country folks and city slickers
- The Hi-Line
- Sundown roosters.