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by Jim Fergus
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks (1993-10-15)
ISBN: 0805030085
EAN: 9780805030082
Dewy Decimal #: 799.2420973
Paperback: 304 pages
SKU: 080108016
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: exlibrary copy in good condition with the usual markings and stickers...edge wear on cover
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Product Description
In an epic season of sport, Jim Fergus and his trusty Lab, Sweetzer, trek the mountains, plains, prairies, forests, marshes, deltas, and deserts of America.
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Highly Recommended
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-08-24
As a fellow bird hunter and conservationist, I am just going to say that I am thankful for writers such as Jim Fergus who in this book explores the ethics of hunting in a modern world while traveling around the country on a five-month long hunting trip with his beloved yellow lab, Sweetzer.
An environmentalist and hunter, Fergus is ostensibly biased against the hunters that have an attitude that differs from his own and he unobtrusively confronts those who seem to lack respect and compassion toward the environment and the animals they kill. He criticizes those for whom it is more important to "limit out" than to preserve the resources that we have. Fergus has tremendous respect for the birds he kills and the reader is acutely aware of the paradox of killing an animal and feeling remorse at the same time.
He raises good questions about the viability of hunting any kind of game in the future in the United States, especially on public lands. Hopefully it will motivate Americans to take more measures to protect the environment and wildlife habitat, if only so that we can continue to enjoy the pursuit of hunting in the wild just as our ancestors have always done so.
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Hunter's Road
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-02-25
Good read, nice book about his travels with his dog. Covers most of the country bird hunting. Not preachy but makes good points about loss of habitat and regional differences in the way folks hunt birds.
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Extraordinary Writing And Storytelling
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-09-28
This is a superbly written book about the outdoors and people. It chronicles the authors five-month long bird hunting odyssey across the U.S.. I cannot recommend it more highly.
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Superb writing!
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-05-15
I've never hunted in my life but I was swept into this adventure with Fergus and his dog, Sweetzer. It was an exciting and thought-provoking read and I learned much about bird hunting (methods and ethics), the land, and our fragile environment. Fergus' writing style is humorous and intuitive. It's a must read for all who care about our environment.
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Bo-ring
Rating  (2)
Date: 2005-01-20
I liked the premise and based on the reviews bought A Hunters Road. Good outdoor writing effectively takes the reader afield in their minds eye, be it the forest of Maine, the flats off the Florida Keys or the African Savannah. Good outdoor writing also speaks to the place that hunting and fishing holds in our life; how it is a part of us emotionally and spiritually. Consequently, good outdoor writing is a tough job, one that A Hunters Road is not up to. For all it's promise this book is a relatively dry travel journal peppered with sappy hunting cliches.
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by (Photographer: J. A. Kraulis) (Photographer: Ralph Brunner) (Photographer: David Muench)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Smithmark Publishers (1996-04)
ISBN: 0831762292
EAN: 9780831762292
Dewy Decimal #: 333
Hardcover
SKU: 090508025
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: exlibrary copy in good condition with the usual markings and stickers
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by (Photographer: J. A. Kraulis) (Photographer: Ralph Brunner) (Photographer: David Muench)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Smithmark Publishers (1996-04)
ISBN: 0831762292
EAN: 9780831762292
Dewy Decimal #: 333
Hardcover
SKU: 090508025
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: exlibrary copy in good condition with the usual markings and stickers
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by (Photographer: J. A. Kraulis) (Photographer: Ralph Brunner) (Photographer: David Muench)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Smithmark Publishers (1996-04)
ISBN: 0831762292
EAN: 9780831762292
Dewy Decimal #: 333
Hardcover
SKU: 090508025
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: exlibrary copy in good condition with the usual markings and stickers
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by (Photographer: J. A. Kraulis) (Photographer: Ralph Brunner) (Photographer: David Muench)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Smithmark Publishers (1996-04)
ISBN: 0831762292
EAN: 9780831762292
Dewy Decimal #: 333
Hardcover
SKU: 090508025
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: exlibrary copy in good condition with the usual markings and stickers
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by Charles R. Cooper, Susan Peck MacDonald
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's (2000-06-15)
ISBN: 0312260083
EAN: 9780312260088
Dewy Decimal #: 808
Paperback: 640 pages
Edition: Revised
SKU: 090808009
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: ...No noticeable Underlining or Highlighting...some creased pages and edge wear
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Product Description
This reader and writing guide prepares students to enter the conversations about issues of the day, offering provocative, engaging readings and more writing instruction than any other thematic reader.
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Interesting
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-06-23
The stories in this book are interesting and make great paper topics (and use for research)
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by Charles R. Cooper, Susan Peck MacDonald
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's (2000-06-15)
ISBN: 0312260083
EAN: 9780312260088
Dewy Decimal #: 808
Paperback: 640 pages
Edition: Revised
SKU: 090808009
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: ...No noticeable Underlining or Highlighting...some creased pages and edge wear
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Product Description
This reader and writing guide prepares students to enter the conversations about issues of the day, offering provocative, engaging readings and more writing instruction than any other thematic reader.
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Interesting
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-06-23
The stories in this book are interesting and make great paper topics (and use for research)
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by Charles R. Cooper, Susan Peck MacDonald
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's (2000-06-15)
ISBN: 0312260083
EAN: 9780312260088
Dewy Decimal #: 808
Paperback: 640 pages
Edition: Revised
SKU: 090808009
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: ...No noticeable Underlining or Highlighting...some creased pages and edge wear
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Product Description
This reader and writing guide prepares students to enter the conversations about issues of the day, offering provocative, engaging readings and more writing instruction than any other thematic reader.
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Interesting
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-06-23
The stories in this book are interesting and make great paper topics (and use for research)
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