Autumn Passages: A Ducks Unlimited Treasury of Waterfowling Classics [Hardcover]

Chuck Petrie (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2002

A collection of some of the best waterfowling tales.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Autumn Passages is an exclusive collection of waterfowling stories compiled by the editors of Ducks Unlimited magazine. Here are tales eclipsing generations of duck and goose hunting, from reminiscences of battery box shooting in the 1800s to yarns of contemporary gunning in flooded timber and saltwater ponds; from harrowing adventure narratives to humorous incidents and intimate essays on wildfowling; and featuring a host of locales including Louisiana marshes, Chesapeake Bay, Minnesota rice lakes, Delta Marsh, and the wheatfields of Alberta.The authors of the unparalled collection are as varied as is tales. Some of the writers are or were well known conservationists and outdoor scribes, others one-time authors - baymen, guides, and ordinary hunters - with an intense passion for waterfowling and who, in the course of their hunting, have experienced absorbing adventures. (6 1/4 x 9 1/2, 320 pages, illustrations)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Ducks Unlimited, Inc.; 1 edition (August 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572230266
• ISBN-13: 978-1572230262
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #917,037 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll Want this Book, November 18, 1999

By 

James Willimann (Northern Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Autumn Passages: A Ducks Unlimited Treasury of Waterfowling Classics (Hardcover)

The stories that make up Autumn Passages are true Duck Hunting Classics. The book takes you through time providing insights from the earliest market hunting days to the rejuvination of duck hunting in modern times. The only thing more enjoyable than curling up with this book in front of a fire is living the stories yourself in a favorite duck blind.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent collection of short stories for the duck hunter, October 21, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Autumn Passages: A Ducks Unlimited Treasury of Waterfowling Classics (Hardcover)

Autumn Passages is a collection of short stories that span the last 100 years. Authors include Fred Kimble, Gordon MacQuarrie, Jimmy Robinson, Robert Ruark, Gene Hill and Zack Taylor. Any one who is a duck hunter will be touched by any one of the short stories contained in this book. The collection as a whole should be required reading for any waterfowler. It would be hard to find a better collection of stories.

Buying this book also helps support Ducks Unlimited.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Waterfowling Book, March 7, 2001

By 

Charles Gibbons (New Hampshire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Autumn Passages: A Ducks Unlimited Treasury of Waterfowling Classics (Hardcover)

This book spans a century of waterfowling tales. It is amazing to begin your journey in time when the skies were clouded over by magnificent flocks all the way to the present. Since it is a treasury by many authors from many areas around the country from different time periods, the reader is able to see many different waterfowling scenarios. After reading this book, it has made me want to buy the works of many authors included in it!