Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 328 pages
- Published by: Live Oak Press
- Edition: 2nd Edition January 2, 2009
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0966021231
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0966021233
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Book Dimensions:
9.5 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
- Weighs: 1.5 pounds
Product Description
Born January 22, 1902, in Arizona Territory, John Woolf O'Connor ultimately became America's most popular outdoor writer. From his first magazine article in 1934, which he sold to
Sports Afield for a whopping $12.50, and continuing until just a few weeks before his death in 1978, Jack O'Connor would write nine books on hunting and sporting firearms and more than 1,200 articles for
Outdoor Life,
Field & Stream,
Redbook,
True and
Esquire. His longest and most treasured magazine association, however, was with
Outdoor Life.
The Lost Classics of Jack O'Connor features forty of his best
Outdoor Life articles, none of which have ever appeared in any other book. They range from O'Connor's hunts for Coues deer in his beloved desert Southwest to his pursuit of Dall sheep and grizzlies in the Yukon and lions and leopards in Africa.
Reader Reviews
I started reading O'Connor in the mid-70's, when he was still an active magazine writer. I have several of his books, at least one which has subsequently become a hard-to-find collector item. His somewhat acerbic style was appealing to me, and while his technical knowledge was vast, he was an advocate of keeping things simple. He had a knack for explaining a concept in a way that really sticks with you.
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