tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post8734498210307822180..comments2024-02-28T05:21:30.063+00:00Comments on The Suburban Bushwacker: From Fat Boy to Elk Hunter: Adventure Writing: An Outsider ArtThe Suburban Bushwackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-42932246923236082142012-10-10T21:16:24.991+01:002012-10-10T21:16:24.991+01:00Shooter
It is indeed, one of my favorites. I'...Shooter<br /><br />It is indeed, one of my favorites. I've just finished Love and War In The Apennines his book about his part in an ill-fated assault on an Italian airfield, subsequent and confinement in an prisoner of war camp. Where against all odds he meets his Mrs!!<br /><br />SBWThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-582136606933826212012-10-10T17:05:55.224+01:002012-10-10T17:05:55.224+01:00thats the book you were telling me about!thats the book you were telling me about!Shooterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673476632401654782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-1401518397229168862009-03-26T22:52:00.000+00:002009-03-26T22:52:00.000+00:00Love "Short walk" - a great book and a very enjoy...Love "Short walk" - a great book and a very enjoyable blog!laukfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00575207092996162519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-74561919493479519722009-02-23T17:08:00.000+00:002009-02-23T17:08:00.000+00:00Thanks for these recommendations SBW, will check t...Thanks for these recommendations SBW, will check them out. Can also highly recommend Hathaway Capstick and would point you in the direction of Jim Corbett for some truly amazing accounts of hunting man-eating leopards and tigers in India. Now THAT is what I call survival... :)The Amateur Naturalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04693627877787844696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-27321845736415355242009-02-20T16:19:00.000+00:002009-02-20T16:19:00.000+00:00I'm the one on the right. You know, the one the ar...I'm the one on the right. You know, the one the artist forgot to add lips to, hence my wife's nickname "No Lips Love."<BR/><BR/>Interestingly enough, that pic was taken in London a couple years ago...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-53031389488706746222009-02-20T07:43:00.000+00:002009-02-20T07:43:00.000+00:00ChadHow AMAZING is Desert Solitaire! Truly one of ...Chad<BR/><BR/>How AMAZING is Desert Solitaire! Truly one of the most incredible books i've ever read. <BR/><BR/>In my book you shouda swiped both first editions and then, to insure literacy in those who come after you, donated a pair of current edition.<BR/><BR/>You're going to love Newby dude, he's your kind of englishman.<BR/><BR/>On the Field Notes home page which cartoon is you?<BR/>SBWThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-55064097301288955582009-02-20T05:34:00.000+00:002009-02-20T05:34:00.000+00:00RGD, I'd have to amend what you said about Ruark. ...RGD, I'd have to amend what you said about Ruark. Every hunter over the age of, oh, 38 or so has read him. <BR/>The younger ones of course, don't read at all.<BR/><BR/>SBW, both Ruark and Capstick are very much worth digging around for. I discovered Ruark when I stumbled across a no-shit first edition "Use Enough Gun" quietly moldering in my junior high school library. This was, incidentally, the same library that also contained a no-shit first edition "Desert Solitaire."<BR/><BR/>One of my everlasting regrets in life is not having the good sense to swipe both those books.<BR/><BR/>As for "A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush" I will be purchasing a copy posthaste.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of travel writing, it's not purposely highbrow (but just as smart) as say, Paul Theroux or Jonathan Rabin, but I think Bill Bryson is one of the funniest writers out there. <BR/><BR/>That's what I'd love to read, a hunting and fishing-oriented Bill Bryson...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-20320708713615893142009-02-17T02:06:00.000+00:002009-02-17T02:06:00.000+00:00Every hunter in the states reads Ruark, But My per...Every hunter in the states reads Ruark, But My personal favorite Dangerous Game writer from the states is Peter Hathaway Capstick. (Death in the long Grass most famous of his books) I would recomend him from what I gather about your sense of humor. I think I might pick up a short walk thanks.R. Gabe Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18044107159186060882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-18832989980508448842009-02-16T23:44:00.000+00:002009-02-16T23:44:00.000+00:00For classic adventure writing, I can't recomme...For classic adventure writing, I can't recommend highly enough, "Wind, Sand and Stars" by S. Antoine de Exupery about his experiences as a mail pilot in Spain & northern Africa in the early part of the 20th century.Smithhammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01771440476655478031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-32842554456318202242009-02-16T23:43:00.000+00:002009-02-16T23:43:00.000+00:00Let's just say I never want to piss Holly off if I...Let's just say I never want to piss Holly off if I can help it!<BR/><BR/>AlbertAlbert A Raschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431765456546701021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-75397042989024911812009-02-16T21:41:00.000+00:002009-02-16T21:41:00.000+00:00BrigidI've seen a few bloggers mention Robert Ruar...Brigid<BR/><BR/>I've seen a few bloggers mention Robert Ruark, and I'm intrigued, he doesn't seem to be that well known in blighty.<BR/>SBWThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-20927034636084666152009-02-16T19:19:00.000+00:002009-02-16T19:19:00.000+00:00I found them in old magazines my Dad had, and in b...I found them in old magazines my Dad had, and in books in the library that I read in junior high. The words of Robert Ruark inspired more than one trip to Africa.Home on the Rangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836315423040719919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-9144448901101360552009-02-16T18:52:00.000+00:002009-02-16T18:52:00.000+00:00The saxton Pope book is free on Gutenberg and A Sh...The saxton Pope book is free on Gutenberg and A Short Walk has been in print so long you can get a second hand copy off the web for nack all - mine was £3 including postage.<BR/><BR/>How are you doing with those mags? I'm looking forward to hearing your take on them, especially post that American Spectator piece. <BR/>SBW<BR/>PS how funny are swamp thing and Holly in the American Spectator comments section!The Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-34426732890210192592009-02-16T18:18:00.000+00:002009-02-16T18:18:00.000+00:00SBW,You're in Wales, right? Is that what everyone...SBW,<BR/><BR/>You're in Wales, right? Is that what everyone looks like there? They do look a little... unsettled. Is that why you carry a stick?<BR/><BR/>Worried in Florida...<BR/>Albert A Rasch<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://trochronicles.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">The Rasch Outdoor Chronicles</A><BR/><A HREF="http://outdoorbloggerssummit.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Proud Member of Outdoor Bloggers Summit</A><BR/>Southeast Regional OBS Coordinator<BR/><BR/><BR/>PS: Great Post, as they are your recommendations, I feel motivated to get them. AARAlbert A Raschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431765456546701021noreply@blogger.com