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The Upland Equation: A Modern Bird-Hunter's Code
by Fergus, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Like New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1558213635
- ISBN 13
- 9781558213630
- Seller
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New Castle, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Lyons Press, 1995-09-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Fine. 8x5x0. Signed by Author. Signed by author on half title page. Also signed by previous owner; 8 words in ink on rear endpaper. For Charles Fergus, hunting birds is a dramatic and integral part of the outdoor life. His personal upland equation includes three requisites - the land and the game; the dog; and the shotgun - all of which, working together, bring into balance the human element, the hunter. Fergus examines each element in turn: the haunts and habits of the birds of the eastern uplands - grouse, woodcock, pheasant, doves, and ducks; the dog, a canine companion that, Fergus writes, helps the hunter "see farther, hear more sharply, scent more keenly, feel more fully the presence of game"; and the gun, "and instrument of focus and balance, a symbol honoring the days spent afield. "The Upland Equation contains pragmatic advice as well as thoughtful reflection. Its prose is crisp, its observations based on firsthand experience. The final chapter, "Balance," examines the value of hunting to modern human beings and offers a clear code and a fresh philosophy of upland bird-hunting. Charles Fergus is the author of seventeen books, most of them about nature and the outdoors. He was born in central Pennsylvania and lived there for many years before moving, in 2003, to a small hill-country farm in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Signed copies are uncommon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU2020021574
- Title
- The Upland Equation: A Modern Bird-Hunter's Code
- Author
- Fergus, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1558213635
- ISBN 13
- 9781558213630
- Publisher
- Lyons Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995-09-01
- Size
- 8x5x0
- X weight
- 10 oz
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