Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #402338 in Books
• Published on: 1985-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 208 pages

Customer Reviews

Written by a country gentleman for those who appreciate one
A book of beautiful words describing a time and place almost gone. The outdoors comes to life with humour and tears as one remembers how things used to be, and wishes yet for things to come. This book gave me great pleasure as I read about hunting, fishing, and the spirituality of a life outside. I yearn for my children to encounter such beauty, and with the inspiration of Gene Hill, I am able to introduce them to this unique life.

I dedicate this awkward review to the man who introduced me to the words of Gene Hill, the late Dr. Don Diefendorf, himself a country gentleman and good friend. I will miss him.

Written by a Master
This book is a collection of articles mostly written for and previosly pulblished by Field and Stream magazine. Gene Hill demonstrates his gift as a writer in each of these stories in having something to say and expressing it in a way that will touch your heart. I suppose if you have never fished or hunted or grown up in a rural setting and experienced the joys of being a 10 year old boy and longing for such things as a pocket knife, it is possible that this book will have little relavence to you. But if you do have any of that background, you will find yourself immersed in the joys of the past and how they relate to the present. It is also nice to hear from someone who (in my humble opinion) really gets the outdoor experience, that is not the heft of the game bag that matter so much, but rather how we experience nature, our relation to it and the comradery of our friends. Were he alive today, I could only say well done Mr. Hill.

Classic Upland Reading
Gene Hill writes in the Everyman Discipline, every man who takes the time to read the book can relate to moments and points of reflection Mr. Hill so splendidly weaves as he tells his tales. This should be required reading for the neophyte as well as the seasoned hunter. If you've not read Gene Hill you've not read about bird hunting, dogs and shotguns. This will pluck your heart strings, if it doesn't you have no soul!