Making Game: An Essay on Woodcock - Couverture souple

De La Valdène, Guy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1493089285 ISBN 13 : 9781493089284

Editeur : Lyons Press, 2025

Synopsis

Guy de la Valdène’s beautifully written essay (and first book) is an ode to an iconic bird, part natural history, and part hunting memoir. It’s a well-regarded and undisputed classic—an edgy, elegant examination of the habits and history of a reclusive gamebird, the Woodcock, native to Europe and North America, a bird that’s been hunted and celebrated since Roman times. Valdène writes exuberantly of the bird, the hunt, and the feast, gracefully balancing the obsessions of a naturalist, sportsman, and gourmand.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Guy de la Valdène was a writer, photographer, and sportsman who was raised in the United States and France. His essays have appeared in publications such as Gray’s Sporting Journal and he wrote five books; Making Game: An Essay on Woodcock (1985), For a Handful of Feathers (1995), Red Stag: A Novel (2003), The Fragrance of Grass (2011), and On the Water: A Fishing Memoir (2015). He died in 2023.

Robert DeMott, a former English professor, is an Editor-at-Large for The Upland Almanac and co-editor (with Dave Smith) of Afield: American Writers on Bird Dogs. He lives in Athens, Ohio.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lyons Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1493089285
• ISBN 13: 9781493089284
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Chatham Russell
• Nombre de pages: 204
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV, GPSR Europäische Union; info@simonandschuster.nl; ; Herculesplein 96; Utrecht; 3584 AA; Pays-Bas