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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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A Delightful, Entertaining Classic,
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This review is from: My Health Is Better in November: Stories of Hunting and Fishing in the South (Hardcover)
Good friends gave me this book when I graduated high school more years ago than I like to realize. I have read, re-read, and re-re-read it, and given a copy to my grandson in hopes of instilling in him some of my love of the outdoors.
The first time I read this book, and most of the subsequent times as well, I laughed until tears rolled down my face. Babcock eloquently paints word pictures of hunting and fishing experiences in the deep South of the early 20th century. The reader will notice a much higher quality of writing than is commonly found in outdoor magazines today. Today, few college professors admit to such politically incorrect pastimes as hunting and fishing. The modern reader does need to remember the time frame in which these stories take place. Babcock was a product of his environment, and while he speaks fondly of Uncle Sessions and others eligible for membership in the NAACP, he doesn't use the politically correct terminology of today. I have cherished and retold -- with attribution -- several stories contained in this book, and just remembering them can take 10 points off my blood pressure. If you like to hunt and fish, or like someone who does, this book is an excellent choice.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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Vintage stories of bird hunting and fishing in the South/.,
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This review is from: My Health Is Better in November: Stories of Hunting and Fishing in the South (Hardcover)
A must for every gentleman bird hunter, fisherman, or dog owner/. Dr/. Babcock tells of his pursuit of Bob White, fishing for breem, and his fascination with as well as tribulations over bird dogs/. Humor permeates stories about the perfect quail gun, ownership of the near-perfect hunting dog, the secret weapon of breem fishing-- the catawba worm and the virtues of the old cross rail fences/
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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My Health Is Better In November,
This review is from: My Health Is Better in November: Stories of Hunting and Fishing in the South (Hardcover)
Havilah Babcock loved bird hunting in the south.
35 of his stories are a treasure of tales by a man who is genuine in his approach to hunting and fishing. No matter how many times I reread his stories, he makes me feel I am there in the field beside him.
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SPORTSMEN are divided into two tribes: the hithers and the thithers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bream fisherman, injured minnow, covey rise, catalpa worms, bigmouth bass, calico bass, good retriever, quail season, old darky, quail shooting, sawdust pile, bantam hen, bird hunter, quail hunting, catalpa trees Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Carolina, Bob White, Doctor Babcock, Doctor Willie, Big Boss, Havilah Babcock, Mister Zipp, High Pocket, Punch Dorsey, Bossy Run, Jim Henry, Miss Priss, Sally Anne, Will Coffin, South Carolinians, Uncle Sessions, Lake Murray, Ned Farrabee, Jack the Ripper, Jesse James, North Car'lina, Slim Menefee, South Car'lina, Uncle Cephas, Uncle Leben New!
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SPORTSMEN are divided into two tribes: the hithers and the thithers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bream fisherman, injured minnow, covey rise, catalpa worms, bigmouth bass, calico bass, good retriever, quail season, old darky, quail shooting, sawdust pile, bantam hen, bird hunter, quail hunting, catalpa trees Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Carolina, Bob White, Doctor Babcock, Doctor Willie, Big Boss, Havilah Babcock, Mister Zipp, High Pocket, Punch Dorsey, Bossy Run, Jim Henry, Miss Priss, Sally Anne, Will Coffin, South Carolinians, Uncle Sessions, Lake Murray, Ned Farrabee, Jack the Ripper, Jesse James, North Car'lina, Slim Menefee, South Car'lina, Uncle Cephas, Uncle Leben New!
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- South Carolina (United States) by Julie Murray on page 51, and page 196
- The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton on page 285, and page 294
- The education of Pretty Boy by Havilah Babcock on page 295
- Sheltered Life by Ellen Glasgow on page 290
- Names in South Carolina by Claude Henry Neuffer in Front Matter
- Cultural Values in the Southern Sporting Narrative by Jacob F. Rivers III on 4 pages
- Subduing Satan: Religion, Recreation, and Manhood in the Rural South, 1865-1920 (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies) by Ted Ownby in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- South Carolina Trivia Revised And Updated by Al Menendez on page 92
- Gun Digest Book of Deer Guns by Ken Ramage in Back Matter
- The Secret Lives of Fishermen: More Outdoor Essays by Jim Dean on page 47
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