Tenth Legion [Hardcover]

Tom Kelly (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1997

Tenth Legion has long been considered the greatest - and most hilarious - book on turkey hunting. Yet until now it was only available in a privately published edition.

Many people who hunt turkeys do so with an attention to detail, a regard for strategy, tactics, and operations, and a disregard for personal comfort and convenience that ranks second only to war. As for all cultists, it never occurs to them that they may be anachronisms. Supremely unconscious of the rest of the world, blind and deaf to logic and reason, they walk along their different roads in step to the music of their different drums.

Tenth Legion - Tom Kelly's first and most famous book - lets you hear, just one time and however faintly, what so many other hear with clarity and purpose all their lives: the dim and distant music of that other drum. (6 1/4 X 9 1/4, 132 pages)

Editorial Reviews

Review

“The first and most famous book by the poet laureate of modern turkey hunting.” --Turkey Call

"There may be people---maybe---who know more about wild turkeys than Tom Kelly, but none writes better about them. His widely acclaimed books. . . have become sporting classics, as the Spanish Fort, Alabama, resident has single-handedly created the genre of turkey literature."---Sports Afield

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

From the Back Cover

Tenth Legion has long been considered the greatest - and most hilarious - book on turkey hunting. Yet until now it was only available in a privately published edition.Many people who hunt turkeys do so with an attention to detail, a regard for strategy, tactics, and operations, and a disregard for personal comfort and convenience that ranks second only to war. As for all cultists, it never occurs to them that they may be anachronisms. Supremely unconscious of the rest of the world, blind and deaf to logic and reason, they walk along their different roads in step to the music of their different drums.Tenth Legion - Tom Kelly's first and most famous book - lets you hear, just one time and however faintly, what so many other hear with clarity and purpose all their lives: the dim and distant music of that other drum. (6 1/4 X 9 1/4, 132 pages)

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 132 pages
• Publisher: The Lyons Press; 1st edition (December 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558215395
• ISBN-13: 978-1558215399
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,632,179 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Thomas H., Kelly Jr. (Tom Kelly, Author)
Born: May 15, 1927
Business Address: P. O. Box 7050, Spanish Fort, Alabama 36577-7050
Work Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
Personal: Married, One daughter, 2 Grand children
Education: Prep-School McGill, Mobile AL, 1944, B. S. Auburn University 1949
Experience: U. S. Navy 1944-1946, Aerial Gunner
U. S. Army 1951-1951 Korean Campaign- Artillery Officer- Battery commander. Alabama National Guard 1953-1980 retired Colonel of Artillery.
1949-1953; Exclusive of service in U. S. Army, entry level forester for the Alger Sullivan Lumber Company and leg man for Pulpwood Dealer.
1953-1993 Scott Paper Company Mobile, Alabama. Rose to become Manager of Woodlands. Managed 500,000 acres of land, logged mill and sawmill using 4 million tons wood per year .Shipped 1.0 million tons annually to Japan. Bought, logged and transported 5.0 million tons raw material to Mobile by a 600 man woods and barge division. Annual woods budget 150 million, returned profit of ten million to corporation in outside sales. Wrote turkey hunting bible in 1973 (Tenth Legion) now in its 17th printing. Retired from Scott in 1993 and wrote 15 additional books on turkey hunting and numerous magazine articles...
Presently active with Alabama Forestry Association, Member of White Smith Land Co. Board. Self-employed as woodlands consultant, President of Tom Kelly, Inc a marketing firm developed to sell books, audio books, video documentaries and Wild Turkey Products.
Secure web site: www.tomkellyinc.net Email: [e-mail]
For additional information, write to: David Clarke VP, Tom Kelly Inc., 6700 South Florida Ave. Suite 28, Lakeland FL. 33813-3312

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As essential for a turkey hunter as a yelper or shotgun., April 15, 1998

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Will Malone ([e-mail]) (Camden, Alabama) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tenth Legion (Hardcover)

It should be a crime to turkey hunt without reading this one! Tom Kelly's work here is simply marvelous. In depth he illustrates what makes a turkey hunter tick and why this individual is compelled to rise rise each and every morning before dawn to go in search of the wild turkey. He tells of some hilarious adventures of his own in the Alabama woods. Though it is not a "how-to" book, any hunter can learn something from this one. This book can be read from cover to cover without the thought of putting it down. As for myself, I read it each year before the season and goose bumps rise on my skin each time. It's that good! The introduction of the book says it best when it reads, "...the book proposes to let you hear, just one time and however faintly, what so many others hear with clarity and purpose all their lives, that dim and distant beat of that other drum."

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on turkey hunting ever written, July 19, 2005

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Mell L. Duggan Jr. MD (Birmingham, AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tenth Legion (Hardcover)

Tom Kelly is the Mark Twain of our time. I have read this book more times than any other book save the Bible. The stories are so well written that I slow down my reading so that I can admire the way he plies his craft. Every hunter should have this book in his library.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tom hit the nail on the head, September 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Tenth Legion (Hardcover)

Tom brought back a lot of memories in the way he described Deer Hunting in the seventies. He also gave a lot of useful information on Turkey Hunting. I really enjoyed his humor in his tales. Anyone thinking of Turkey Hunting should read this book first. Anyone that has bee hunting for a while would also find useful information in here.