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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 817 EAN: 9780802143952 ISBN: 0802143954 Label: Grove Press Manufacturer: Grove Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: October 01, 2008 Publisher: Grove Press Sales Rank: 41343 Studio: Grove Press Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: For nearly a decade, Bill Heavey, an outdoorsman marooned in suburbia, has written the “Sportsman’s Life” column on the back page of Field & Stream, where he does for hunting and fishing what David Feherty does for golf and Lewis Grizzard did for the South. His work is adored by readers—one proclaims him “the greatest sportswriter who has ever walked the planet”—and his peers have recognized his work with three prestigious National Magazine Award nominations. If You Didn’t Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat? is the first collection of Heavey’s hilarious observations on life as an enthusiastic (but often hapless) outdoorsman. Whether he’s hunting cougars in the southwest desert, scheming to make his five-year-old daughter fall in love with fishing, or chronicling his father’s slow decline through the lens of the numerous dogs he’s owned over seventy-five years, Heavey is a master at blending humor and pathos—and wide-ranging outdoor enthusiasms—into a poignant and potent stew. Funny, warmhearted, and supremely entertaining, this book is an uproarious addition to the literature of the outdoors. The paperback edition features two new pieces. Average Rating:
![]() Rating: - great serviceThe book I ordered came in a very timely manner and was in perfect shape! I would recommend ordering from Amazon.com or Guardian Books anytime! Thanks for helping make my Christmas as perfect as possible. Rating: - Don't read this in bed...Don't read this in bed unless you want to get kicked out for keeping your wife awake due to constantly laughing outloud uncontrollablly! I thoroughly enjoyed reading these stories, and highly recommend it for anyone who has ever been hunting or fishing. Rating: - Belly laughs and tendernessBill Heavey has captured an essence that each of us can understand in this fantastically funny and heart warming book. I could see my own experiences in the wild unfolding again while reading his own mishaps, follies and occasional successes. Heavey gives a great value to the human end of hunting, fishing and prowling about in suburbia longing for the greater outdoors. His ability to explain human emotion with surgical precision is uncanny, and all the while he makes you laugh, or shed a tear as ... Read More Rating: - Captures the genuine mood of all things hunting Bill Heavey is an incredible writer. No, not everything he writes is laugh-out-loud funny...and it's not supposed to be. In so many of the bumbles, backfires, mishaps, and defeat turned to sudden and unexpected triumph, he lets us outdoor enthusiasts see ourselves. In an age of hunting where one-upmanship is constant and the magnificence of our quarry is often reduced to an antler score, we need a writer like Heavey. He captures the intangibles that keep us going out season after season...things ... Read More Rating: - something you can relate toStumbled across this after reading one Bill's columns in Field & Stream & having a friend tell me he had a book. Have been reading a story or two each day...makes a great bathroom book. My favorite is the one I read yesterday about Bill taking his preschool age daughter "hunting" (helping him scout for deer sign) and then coming home & watching big buck videos together. Kind of reminded me of myself when I was little. All in all it's a great book for anyone who loves the outdoor lifestyle. Browse for similar items by category:
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