An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections

by Jimmy Carter

Overview

An Outdoor Journal, first published in 1988, is President Carter’s memoir of hunting and fishing and the meaning of nature, revealing much about a man who embodies “so much of what Americans claim to admire—self-reliance, honesty, humor, modesty, intelligence—the stuff of heroes” (The New York Times Book Review).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781610750165
Publisher:	University of Arkansas Press
Publication date:	08/01/1994
Series:	The Carter Collection
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	330
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth president of the United States, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his time as president and his work through the Carter Center, which seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health around the world.

Table of Contents

Contents

Preface to the New Edition

A Brief Word

Childhood

A Childhood Outdoors

Fishing with My Daddy

Learning to Hunt

Dangers in the Woods

American Seasons

Notes of a Fly-Fisherman

Trout Fishing and a Birthday: Spruce Creek

Arkansas Rain, Ice, and Ducks

The Rainbows of Yellowstone—and Japan!

Ruffed Grouse, from Georgia to Michigan

The Forty-Ninth State, but First in Fishing

Home-Grown

The Noble Turkey

Catching Bass on Television

The Prince of Game Birds

Crossing Borders

Salmo Salar

A Visit to Nepal

Bonefishing on Anegada

Queen Charlotte Steelheads

Fishing in Europe

New Zealand Adventure

Kilimanjaro

Stalking the White Foxes of the Sea

Full Circle

On Turniptown Creek

Index

Editorial Reviews

“The man revealed in these pages seems to embody so much of what Americans claim to admire—self-reliance, honesty, humor, modesty, intelligence—the stuff of heroes.”

—The New York Times Book Review

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