A Hunter's Heart Honest Essays on Blood Sport
by Petersen, David; Nelson, Richard K.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-09-15
Publisher(s): Holt Paperbacks
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Summary
Without apology, the voices here speak of the verities of the hunt, our connections to the land, and the ethics of blood sport, with essays by the best writers in the field: Edward Abbey, Rick Bass, Tom Beck, Jimmy Carter, Jim Fergus, Barry Lopez, Peter Matthiessen, Tom McGuane, Richard K. Nelson, David Peterson, and Terry Tempest Williams.
Author Biography
David Peterson lives in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction: Finding Common Ground | p. 1 |
| Blood Sport | p. 11 |
| From The Blue Hen's Chick | p. 17 |
| Moose and Mangamoonga | p. 21 |
| Before the Echo | p. 30 |
| A Childhood Outdoors | p. 35 |
| The Call of the Climb | p. 47 |
| Deerskin | p. 51 |
| Venison Sandwiches | p. 58 |
| Climbing the Mountains After Deer | p. 61 |
| Hunting with Thoreau | p. 69 |
| Is Hunting Ethical? | p. 80 |
| I Like to Talk About Animals | p. 90 |
| If Elk Would Scream | p. 96 |
| Dealing with Death | p. 102 |
| In the Snow Queen's Palace | p. 108 |
| The Hunting Problem | p. 113 |
| Taking a Life | p. 117 |
| It Wouldn't Be the Same | p. 125 |
| Why Men Hunt | p. 130 |
| The Hunter's Spirit | p. 136 |
| The Hunter's Eucharist | p. 143 |
| A Hunter's Heart | p. 150 |
| The Heart of the Game | p. 162 |
| What the Hunter Knows | p. 174 |
| Space Age Technology, Stone Age Pursuit | p. 182 |
| An Appeal to Hunters | p. 191 |
| A Failure of the Spirit | p. 200 |
| The Violators | p. 210 |
| Dark Days in the Glass House | p. 220 |
| When Not to Shoot | p. 224 |
| Passion, Gifts, Rages | p. 228 |
| All Birds Flying | p. 237 |
| Paying for It | p. 246 |
| From A Hunter's Road | p. 255 |
| Dust to Dust | p. 266 |
| For a Handful of Feathers | p. 272 |
| Restoring the Older Knowledge | p. 284 |
| Another Country | p. 295 |
| Survival of the Hunter | p. 299 |
| From Arctic Dreams | p. 310 |
| The Face in a Raindrop | p. 317 |
| About the Contributors | p. 327 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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