A Brief Autumn's Passage

by Steven Mulak

Perhaps the world's foremost salmon angler, the late Lee Wulff wrote of his adventures as airplane pilot and explorer in Bush Pilot Angler. This book tells the story of when Lee pioneered the fabulous... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892725982
• ISBN13: 9780892725984
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Down East Books
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

For the armchair hunter.

How nice to discover this book, a delightful vicarious excursion into a fall hunting season, in company with this gentleman and his good dogs. This is a book to remind us of why we love the woods, the changing seasons. Here is a gifted observer, a writer with a sense of humor, prose about as good as any you can find about bird dogs and autumn and pastoral dreams. I miss Gene Hill, and I keep his birddog books on a special shelf. Here's one to keep them company.

Conversations with Steve

Over the past several years I have had the pleasure of spending frequent Sunday mornings shooting a round of sporting clays in the company of Steve Mulak. On many occasions, the conversations I have had with Steve have been as enjoyable as the shooting itself. I am primarily a target shooter and only very occasionally an upland bird hunter. This has in no way diminished the pleasure I have received from reading Steve's books - and for good reason. I have read several reviews of A Brief Autumn's Passage which describe it variously as a book on dog training, or a book on grouse hunting, but it is much more than either of these. It is the opportunity to engage in conversation with someone who is an artist, a knowlageble naturalist, and a polished story teller - someone who delights in recoutning his experiences in the New England Woods and sharing the knowledge gained through a lifetime of pursuing grouse and woodcock with shotgun and dog. Reading a chapter of A Brief Autumn's Passage feels very much like sitting on a windfall in the New England woods having a conversation with Steve. Steve Mulak has developed a writing style that fits comfortably with his subject matter, that accruately portrays the color and texture of a New England Autumn and the bird hunting experience, and which conveys a wealth of information without ever feeling like a text book. I highly recommend A Brief Autumn's Passage and look forward to Steve's future efforts.

Read This Book

First, a confession, Steve Mulak is a good friend. Not good enough to give up his coverts, but good enough to shoot with regularly, to exchange bawdy jokes with, and to commiserate with on the pitfalls of the aging process. I have read all of Steve's ramblings and in the process have seen the emergence of a truly professional writer. Steve has grown from an amusing after-dinner raconteur to a professional writer who has mastered the ability of integrating botany lessons, shooting tips, and dog training instruction into a fall of wild bird hunting. A retired marine engineer, Steve brings the precision required in his former life to the writing tablet. Word choice and sentence structure carefully create mood and allow the reader to share daily expeditions with Steve. If you have an affinity for English Setters, the New England grouse woods in the fall, and an easy to read stylistic piece. This book is for you. Read it. Bob Smith