BEST OF FIELD & STREAM: 100 Years of Great Writing from America's Premier Sporting Magazine [Paperback]

J.i. Merritt (Narrator), Margaret G. Nichols (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 11, 1996

Covering a broad spectrum of outdoor activities, fifty-two essays introduce some of the most noted sports and nature writers of the last century and include works that remind readers of the importance of conserving nature. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A delightful collection. Marvelous writing."
--Kirkus Reviews

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the Back Cover

Celebrate the heritage of Field & Stream, America's premier sporting magazine, with this fine collection of more than fifty great articles from more than a century of the very best in outdoor writing. The subjects included are as diverse as the great outdoors itself: fishing-from the pursuit of big game in tropical seas to fly fishing for trout in mountain brooks; hunting-from waterfowl and upland birds to the dangerous game of Africa; dogs and camping; and much more.
The selections presetn the best work of the best-known outdoor wirters of the past hundred years, including: Zane Grey, Robert Ruark, Burton Spiller, A. J. McClane, Ted Trueblood, Corey Ford, William G. Tapply, Roderick Haig-Brown, Ed Zern, H. G. Tapply, Nash Buckingham, Keith McCafferty, Datus Proper, Russell Chatham, Tom Kelly, Gene Hill, Bill Tarrant, John Barsness, and many more.
With a color insert of some of the most striking covers of past issues of Field & Stream, this absorbing treasury will be a great treat for all lovers of the great outdoors.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 314 pages
• Publisher: Fireside; 1st Fireside ed edition (June 11, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0684818310
• ISBN-13: 978-0684818313
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,630,735 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Even a city boy will love this collection, August 29, 2007

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Len (Connecticut USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Field & Stream: 100 Years of Great Writing from America's Premier Sporting Magazine (Paperback)

I was raised in the city, with almost no exposure to fishing and hunting. (Brooklyn c. 1975, the only shooting I knew was an occasional gun shot outside my apartment building in the middle of the night.) For a city boy like me, this book was a wonderful introduction into love of outdoors through hunting and fishing.

This collection contains over 50 stories from Field & Stream, ranging from 3-12 pages. Nature, calm or threatening, is a protagonist in every story. We sense how much the early 20th century landscape has been overrun by human sprawl.

There are many other wonderful themes in this collection - courage, fear, lost and found friendship. Among my favorites were the handful of stories about old hunters and their beloved dogs.

This book will transport you to another era - one very much worth traveling to. My only critique is women rarely appear in these pages, reflecting a strongly male-oriented editorial hand.