de Shootinest Gent'man & Other Tales

by Nash Buckingham

Book Overview

Nash Buckingham was perhaps the most famous author of sporting tales in the first half of the 20th century. This collection of eight stories first published in Field and Stream , Recreation , and Outdoor Life was originally published by The Derrydale Press in 1934. Buckingham's ability to evoke the golden age of wild fowling along the Mississippi flyway from the 1890s to the 1940s is unparalleled. Pull up your favorite chair in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564161641
• ISBN13: 9781564161642
• Release Date: January 1934
• Publisher: Derrydale Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 15 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 10 and higher

Customer Reviews

A Consumate Bird Man

Nash Buckingham was one of the best writers who's prose blessed the very pages it was printed on, You can smell the marsh, You can hear the splash of the paddles. You hunker down to the sound of wings cupping to land, You taste the grits and gravy. This was a time like no other, be ready for your funny bone to be bumped and your heart strings plucked. A Bird Hunter's Paradise

Mr. Nash and Aunt Molly at the Beaverdam Best

I'm trying hard to be generous in understanding the complaints about Mr. Buckingham writing in the dialect of the reality he knew. I do not believe people would complain of Shakespeare nor of Rudyard Kipling writing in like style of Elizabethan English nor Indian English in their time honored works. Mr. Buckingham was equal to these writers in his wonderful style. Mr. Buckingham in his stories is a treasure trove of information for historians to people who just like to curl up with a book and remember the scents of Grandpa's old Westernfield whose walnut is black with black powder loads, engine oil, dirt, blood and tobacco. I was fortunate enough to have Aunt Molly's recipes and just created a wonderful batch of Mr. Buckingham's goose sauce from the Beaverdam Club in the infamous meals served there. My favorite story is one of Mr. Buckingham hunting on the Mississippi River for geese. The shame is Mr. Robert Urich who bought rights to Mr. Buckingham's stories did not live to produce a movie about the gentleman. Yes Mr. Buckingham writes in a dialect at times, but it hardly detracts from a story and only adds to it as his stories are that warm encompassing memory which we all hear from the distant past. May all have the scented wetlands of Mr. Nash in his stories and feel that same warmth of seeing the light in the window as twilight nestles in of Aunt Molly making cracklin' bread, teal on toast, roast goose, sauce and country puddin' to where the conversation is always bright in how the birds decoyed today and we made that memorable shot we will treasure like Mr. Buckingham beyond this life. I really like Mr. Nash's writing. God bless

I just loved this book

I have never read any Nash Buckingham before so this was my introduction to him. Great stories of waterfowl and quail hunting in the Deep South at a time when some Civil War veterans were still alive. His love of the outdoors, duck hunting especially, and a different way of life back then come shining through. Some of the Southern vernacular is hard to push through but apparently realistic for that time period. Contains some politically incorrect words and situations but again, realistic for that time in America. Do not let this detract from the thrilling stories of bringing down ducks, shooting geese from pits and getting quail over talented dogs. It actually adds more flavor for the time in which it was written. I highly recommend you read this in front of a crackling wood fire for realism.

This is the one!

If you only buy one bird hunting, wing-shooting, bird dogging book this year, this is the one! A classic of American literature. No one comes close to Nash in capturing the essense of the field, blind, guns, people and dogs that keep us all addicted, even as we begin a new millenium!

Early 20th century waterfowl & quail hunting in the OLD SOUTH

A collection of some of the best of Nash Buckingham's short stories that paint an excellent portrait of waterfowl hunting, quail hunting, and life in general in the old south (early 1900's). While these tales may not be the most politically correct today, they were true for the period and most entertaining. Nash Buckingham's impeccable sportsman's ethic and his love for the post civil war generation are quite apparent. This is the best of all the books I have read by this author, and I recommend it highly.