A Hunter's Heart Honest Essays on Blood Sport

, by Petersen, David; Nelson, Richard K.

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ISBN: 9780805055306 | 0805055304
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/15/1997

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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.

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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
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