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The Perfect Storm. (The book, not the movie!) Riveting.


To honor the Lily Jean, and remember the Amanda Gale.

A Shooting Man's Creed, by Sir Joseph Nickerson (1914-1989), is a fascinating read about a modern day "Big Shot", from the Lincolnshire Wolds.

His accomplishments in country sports, animal husbandry and agriculture are more than noteworthy, they are at times legendary. He surpassed Lord Ripon's daily bags over and over, most of it done with 20 and 28 bore guns, yet so little is known of him outside his home country.

I would have loved to have known "JN", as he was known by his countrymen. The book is just a wealth of firsthand, modern day information on owning, running, and supplying driven shoots on estates in England and other countries.

edited to add : I just looked for a link to some for sale on Amazon and was shocked to find that the book has evidently become a classic work, and highly sought after. They are available from $259 dollars to upwards of $1200. I bought mine in 2007, through Amazon, and paid the equivalent of twenty pounds, which is the price printed inside the front dustcover.

The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America by Douglas Brinkley

[. Horrendous story but interesting - most Southerners have a lot of Scottish DNA - turns out I'm over 70%. I didn't know for instance that no Scots were allowed into the Colonies until 1707 and almost none came until after the '45 - actually French and Indian War time when the crown decided Highlanders would be good canon fodder. It's written in journalistic style but is a great story.

You have to remember that Scotland was a foreign country until the Act of Union in 1707, when a bankrupt Scotland had to be baled out by a rich England.

HB

By chance I have just begun "Travels with Charley" by John Steinbeck.

I was in Maine in 1956 so it is interesting.

HB

Pretty sure Travels with Charlie was 1961 or 1962. It mentions 1960 Hurricane Donna which I remember from fall 1960 ripping up central Florida before heading out to sea, hitting the cape in NC and on to NY. Great book. The only thing about it is that Steinbeck actually stayed most of the time in motels rather than in his camper. He also carried an arsenal with him. My wife in particular connects to the story because she too can't read a map.

Just finished A Shooting Man’s Creed by Joe Nickerson. I agree with Stan, an excellent read about a very accomplished gentleman. He was one of those people who succeeded at about everything he set out to do. The last of the Victorianesque game shots. A trio of Purdey 20 gauge guns of his are up for auction now.

I hope you got your copy at a better price than I just saw them advertised! 🫣

$63.00 delivered from Amazon. Hardcover

have reread a couple african hunting books; the reprint of african hunter, by bror von blixen-finecke - had the opportunity to visit the home he established in the karen district in 2015...the film with redford and streep was filming in and around that house. and capstick's death in the dark continent.

particularly enjoyed bill mauldin's the brass ring, a sort of a memoir - he was born a couple of miles away in karr cyn, on the western edge of the sacramento mtns.

presently rereading j.k. galbraith's financial euphoria, financial genius is before the fall - i suspect we will be lucky if there is not a bubble formed around artificial intelligence in the near term...