For a Handful of Feathers

An avid hunter and wildlife preservationist, the Field & Stream contributor explores these seemingly opposed passions in this "beautifully written" memoir (The Bloomsbury Review).

After traveling the globe on expeditions with world-class sportsmen, Guy de la Valdéne purchased an eight hundred-acre farm outside Tallahassee and set out to raise and hunt his favorite game bird, bobwhite quail. But de la Valdéne is also a naturalist at heart, and as he planted trees and divided fields, he fou...