De Shootinest Gent'man: And Other Tales [Hardcover]

Nash Buckingham (Author), Brett Smith (Illustrator), Lea Lawrence (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1997

Nash Buckingham was perhaps the most famous author of sporting tales in the first half of the 20th century. This collection of eight stories first published in Field and Stream , Recreation , and Outdoor Life was originally published by The Derrydale Press in 1934. Buckingham's ability to evoke the golden age of wild fowling along the Mississippi flyway from the 1890s to the 1940s is unparalleled. Pull up your favorite chair in front of a fire and get ready to relive some of the best hunting stories ever told.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Nash Buckingham served for four years (1928-1932) as Executive Secretary of the American Wild Fowlers, a national group, in Washington, DC. He has been called the greatest outdoor writer of the 20th century. His stories are told firsthand in "Ole Southern dialect." His numerous experiences come from the heart of the Mississippi Flyway, the Gold Age of wild fowling from the 1890s to 1940s. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 200 pages
• Publisher: Wilderness Adventures Press (November 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885106521
• ISBN-13: 978-1885106520
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,995,650 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Early 20th century waterfowl&quail hunting in the OLD SOUTH, October 12, 1998

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This review is from: De Shootinest Gent'man: And Other Tales (Hardcover)

A collection of some of the best of Nash Buckingham's short stories that paint an excellent portrait of waterfowl hunting, quail hunting, and life in general in the old south (early 1900's). While these tales may not be the most politically correct today, they were true for the period and most entertaining. Nash Buckingham's impeccable sportsman's ethic and his love for the post civil war generation are quite apparent. This is the best of all the books I have read by this author, and I recommend it highly.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the one!, July 4, 1999

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This review is from: De Shootinest Gent'man & Other Tales (Paperback)

If you only buy one bird hunting, wing-shooting, bird dogging book this year, this is the one! A classic of American literature. No one comes close to Nash in capturing the essense of the field, blind, guns, people and dogs that keep us all addicted, even as we begin a new millenium!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mr. Nash and Aunt Molly at the Beaverdam Best, December 5, 2008

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This review is from: De Shootinest Gent'man & Other Tales (Paperback)

I'm trying hard to be generous in understanding the complaints about Mr. Buckingham writing in the dialect of the reality he knew.
I do not believe people would complain of Shakespeare nor of Rudyard Kipling writing in like style of Elizabethan English nor Indian English in their time honored works. Mr. Buckingham was equal to these writers in his wonderful style.

Mr. Buckingham in his stories is a treasure trove of information for historians to people who just like to curl up with a book and remember the scents of Grandpa's old Westernfield whose walnut is black with black powder loads, engine oil, dirt, blood and tobacco.
I was fortunate enough to have Aunt Molly's recipes and just created a wonderful batch of Mr. Buckingham's goose sauce from the Beaverdam Club in the infamous meals served there.
My favorite story is one of Mr. Buckingham hunting on the Mississippi River for geese.
The shame is Mr. Robert Urich who bought rights to Mr. Buckingham's stories did not live to produce a movie about the gentleman.

Yes Mr. Buckingham writes in a dialect at times, but it hardly detracts from a story and only adds to it as his stories are that warm encompassing memory which we all hear from the distant past.
May all have the scented wetlands of Mr. Nash in his stories and feel that same warmth of seeing the light in the window as twilight nestles in of Aunt Molly making cracklin' bread, teal on toast, roast goose, sauce and country puddin' to where the conversation is always bright in how the birds decoyed today and we made that memorable shot we will treasure like Mr. Buckingham beyond this life.

I really like Mr. Nash's writing. God bless