Passages: The Greatest Quotes from Sporting Literature
By (Author) Chuck Wechsler
Skyhorse Publishing
Skyhorse Publishing
7th December 2011
United States
General
Non Fiction
796.5
Hardback
256
Width 127mm, Height 178mm, Spine 23mm
447g
This fascinating, 200-page book features the quotes from the best hunting, fishing, and nature writers to ever grace the pages of Sporting Classics. It's laced with poignant passages from hunting stories by Hemingway, Ruark, Roosevelt, and Rutledge. You'll enjoy hundreds of quotes by the greatest fishing writers, including Izaak Walton, Sigurd Olson, Robert Traver, and Roderick Haig-Brown along with the thoughtful words of renowned conservationists like John Madson, Aldo Leopold, and Henry David Thoreau. The book even includes lines from poems by Rudyard Kipling, Robert Frost, and many other great poets.
With fifty black-and-white illustrations by Joseph Byrne, Passages-The Greatest Quotes from Sporting Literature is a handsome, timeless collection, one that is sure to please anyone with an interest in the outdoors.
Chuck Wechsler is the publisher and editor of Sporting Classics. He lives in Columbia, South Carolina.