Bird Dog Days, Wingshooting Ways

by Rutledge, Archibald; Casada, Jim; Smith, Brett

• ISBN13: 9781885106681
• ISBN10: 1885106688
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-09-01
• Publisher: Wilderness Adventures Pr

Summary

Archibald Rutledge was an extremely popular author and the poet laureate of South Carolina. He wrote over 50 popular titles on the south and southern history in addition to his many books about the sporting life on his famous family plantation in South Carolina. He was one of the most popular and enduring outdoor authors of this century. In 1930, he wrote a collection of dog stories titled Bolio and Other Dogs. The lead story, "The Odyssey of Bolio", is one of the greatest dog stories of all time and is included in this collection, along with "The Philosopher Among Dogs" and "Then Gabriel Blew His Horn". Many of the stories collected here have only appeared in early magazines, and the others are reprinted from some of Rutledge's oldest and rarest books. A number of his hunting stories that appeared in Outdoor Life and Field and Stream have been nearly forgotten. Editor Jim Casada discovered these "lost" stories, and they have been included in this volume. Brett Smith, one of America's finest hunting artists, has painted an original picture for the cover and created a number of etchings especially for this book. Even the most complete Rutledge collection will not include many of these stories, and no story in this book appears in recent reprints of Rutledge material.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii	(2)
A Note on Selection	ix	(2)
Editor's Introduction	xi
PART ONE: THE FRIEND OF MAN	1	(72)
Chapter 1 The Friend of Man	3	(6)
Chapter 2 Dog or No Dog	9	(12)
Chapter 3 Some Startling Dogs	21	(6)
Chapter 4 "Start 'Em Early, Arch"	27	(2)
Chapter 5 The Odyssey of Bolio	29	(14)
Chapter 6 My Most Memorable Dog	43	(6)
Chapter 7 Daisy and the Chimera	49	(12)
Chapter 8 Then Gabriel Blew His Horn	61	(12)
PART TWO: THE MAGIC OF GROUSE	73	(48)
Chapter 9 The Partridge	75	(2)
Chapter 10 Grouse of the Little Hills	77	(6)
Chapter 11 Still-Hunting Sir Ruffneek	83	(4)
Chapter 12 Grouse of the Cloudlands	87	(8)
Chapter 13 Patsy and the Princes	95	(6)
Chapter 14 The Prince of the Woodland	101	(8)
Chapter 15 It's the Scotch in Them	109	(6)
Chapter 16 My Last Grouse Hunt	115	(6)
PART THREE: A BEVY OF BOBWHITE TALES	121	(28)
Chapter 17 The Baby Toddles	123	(6)
Chapter 18 The Enemies of Quail	129	(8)
Chapter 19 Wintering Bobwhite	137	(4)
Chapter 20 Quail of the Kalmias	141	(8)
PART FOUR: A MIXED BAG	149	(22)
Chapter 21 Ringnecks in the Stubble	151	(4)
Chapter 22 The Philosopher Among Dogs	155	(12)
Chapter 23--What Sportsmen Bring Home	167	(4)
Bibliographical Note	171