Foxhunters Speak

Foxhunters Speak
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 281
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ISBN-10 : 9781564162168
ISBN-13 : 1564162168
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Foxhunters Speak by : Mary Motley Kalergis

This oral history of foxhunting examines the mentors and influences of fifty people who have dedicated their lives to the sport of horse and hound. From the seventy some years of hound breeding experience of Melvin Poe, to the unusual story of a retired grandmother who decided to overcome her fear of horses and got her colors with Red Rock Hounds on her seventieth birthday, this oral history explores the depth and the breadth of foxhunting through the faces and voices of fifty different people who have been a tremendous influence on the sport or whose lives have been tremendously influenced by foxhunting. These oral histories are accompanied by beautiful black and white portraits taken by photographer Mary Kalergis.The recollected sights, sounds and scents of foxhunting shared within these pages are a feast for the senses and nourish the soul.

Southern Hunting in Black and White

Southern Hunting in Black and White
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 347
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ISBN-10 : 9780691226866
ISBN-13 : 0691226865
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Southern Hunting in Black and White by : Stuart A. Marks

For many Southern men living in or close to rural landscapes, hunting is a passion. But it is not a timeless activity in a cultural void. Whether pursuers of fox or raccoon, deer or rabbits, quail or dove, Southern hunters reveal for Stuart Marks complex patterns of male bonding, social status, and relationships with nature. Marks, who has written two outstanding books on hunting in Africa, was born and has long lived in the South. Examining Southern hunting from frontier times through the antebellum era to the present day, he shows it to be a litmus test of rural identity. "Drawing on the latest anthropological theory, statistical sources, extensive interviews, and historical research, [Marks] has crafted a multifaceted account of Southern hunting. Relations of race, property, gender, and region appear in fresh guises in this innovative and intriguing study. The portrayal of the contemporary state of hunting is especially interesting, revealing both the continuities with the past and the new pressures on the sport."--Virginia Quarterly Review

Foxhunting in Paradise

Foxhunting in Paradise
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 405
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ISBN-10 : 9781448210473
ISBN-13 : 144821047X
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Foxhunting in Paradise by : Michael Clayton

In Foxhunting in Paradise, a major work of research and practical exploration in and around the hunting field, Michael Clayton brings entirely up to date histories of the Quorn, Belvoir, Cottesmore and Fernie Hunts. He describes the glamour, the risks and the controversy surrounding hunting in the paradise of Leicestershire's ridge and furrow grasslands, divided by fly fences and dotted with fox coverts. Royalty, captains of industry, young bloods from the services, and not a few fortune hunters and courtesans have been among those gracing the houses and hunting fields of Leicestershire. Yet the sport depends ultimately on the continued goodwill of the vast majority of Leicestershire's farmers and landowners, a prize which has always been retained. Clayton does not shrink from the essential conservation issues which he believes justify hunting, and he deals with the most recent accusations against the sport's conduct in Leicestershire. Foxhunting in Paradise throws new light on a peculiarly British phenomenon in an area of understated beauty in the heart of England, described by the great hunting correspondent Nimrod thus: 'In the absence of all perfection, it is as a hunting country as nearly approaching to it as nature and art can make it, and its fame may be said to have reached the remotest corners of the civilised world'.

American Wildlife in Symbol and Story

American Wildlife in Symbol and Story
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Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 157233259X
ISBN-13 : 9781572332591
Rating : 4/5 (9X Downloads)

Synopsis American Wildlife in Symbol and Story by : Angus K. Gillespie

Finding the Fox

Finding the Fox
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Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Total Pages : 141
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ISBN-10 : 9781778400735
ISBN-13 : 1778400736
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis Finding the Fox by : Andreas Tjernshaugen

An intimate portrait of a mysterious and misunderstood animal. “Tjernshaugen writes in an easy-to-read style that is full of insight and understanding. I felt like I was sitting beside him as he described fox behavior.” —Rick McIntyre, Yellowstone wolf researcher and author of The Rise of Wolf 8 If you look into the fox's amber eyes, you'll notice vertical pupils. With such feline eyes in a slender canine body, the fox is a relative of the dog and the wolf, but it hunts alone, like a cat. The fox lives close to people, both in the city and in the country, but it’s wild, shy, and secretive. Taking long walks in the early morning, equipped with wildlife cameras—and sometimes with his dog Topsy by his side—Andreas Tjernshaugen journeys into the forest hoping to encounter the foxes living just outside his small town in Norway. He knows the telltale signs of how to find a fox den, how to identify a pawprint in the snow, and the smells that foxes leave behind. He meets a vixen he named Blackback, and he watches carefully as she and other foxes hunt, play, and live together as families. Throughout this captivating book, Tjernshaugen investigates the fox’s place in our own cultural history—such as Reynard the Fox, the Scandinavian inspiration for Disney’s Robin Hood, and the fables of Aesop, which depict foxes as sly and cunning, a reputation that may not be fully earned, Tjernshaugen argues. What is true is “the fox is wilder than other wildlife…and largely survives in spite of our plans and regulations, like an outlaw, so I see it as a symbol of freedom and independence.”

The Complete Foxhunter

The Complete Foxhunter
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 464
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ISBN-10 : WISC:89052490596
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis The Complete Foxhunter by : Charles Richardson

The Fox-Hunter's Week-End Book

The Fox-Hunter's Week-End Book
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Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Total Pages : 371
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ISBN-10 : 9781473355934
ISBN-13 : 1473355931
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis The Fox-Hunter's Week-End Book by : David Brock

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The Chase

The Chase
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 628
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ISBN-10 : UIUC:30112048278771
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Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

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