A Hunter's Fireside Book: Tales of Dogs, Ducks, Birds, & Guns

by Gene Hill

Overview

For decades, Gene Hill’s articles and books have captured the spirit of the outdoors in a way that inspires and entertains millions of readers. A Hunter’s Fireside Book captures the essence of the life of a sportsman and explores the full spectrum of the hunter’s experience: sunrises in the duck blind, an unforgettable hunter’s moon, the camaraderie of men who know the pleasures of being wet and cold and a little bit lost.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781628732351
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	11/01/2009
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Gene Hill was the author of many beloved hunting books, as well as his legendary monthly columns. During World War II he served Okinawa. A graduate of Harvard, Hill worked as a copywriter for several Madison Avenue advertising agencies, including J. Walter Thompson, before getting his start as a writer. Hill began by moonlighting as an outdoors columnist for Guns&Ammo and Sports Afield. In 1977, he left Madison Avenue to become a columnist full-time. He was the associate editor at Field&Stream, where he also wrote the monthly column, "Hill Country.” Hill also wrote more than a dozen books detailing his hunting experiences. He died in 1997.

Editorial Reviews

“An essayist deeply involved with nature, man, his dog, his gun.”—Cornelius Ryan, author of The Longest Day”

“Gene Hill’s writing blends a country boy’s deep, almost religious feeling for the out-of-doors with a city man’s wit and sophistication.—Field & Stream

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