Old Man and the Boy

by Robert Ruark

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081172297X
• ISBN13: 9780811722971
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 630 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Old Man and the Boy / Old Man's Boy Grows older (2 books in one)

I heard great chat about these books and have to agree that both are great reads.

Well worth reading again & again!!!

I've owned this book for a number of years & I find it is DEFINITELY a "keeper". My wife can"t understand why I drag it out & re-read it every Fall. I'd read & enjoyed Ruark's fiction in my younger days, but when I stumbled across "The Old Man & The Boy" it reminded me of times in the woods & on the water with my own father & the life lessons I was taught at those times. Both books together are simply a double treasure.

Probably the finest piece of classic sporting literature.

My grandfather gave me a paperback edition of the "The Old Man and The Boy" when I was about twelve. I am thirty three now and this book has never left my side. I have since acquired "The Old Man's Boy Grows Older." This work has similiar flavour. For those sporting people who long for the days of ethics and morality in the field and in the home this book is a must read. You can virtually smell the campfire, hear the Quail calling and learn some important lessons on life and sport.

Read as a boy, this book shaped my adult life.

As a success in my field, I was questioned by my trade organization what management books I kept on my desk. Only one: The Old Man and the Boy.

One of my favorite books. Any outdoorsman would love.

My father and I have read this book over and over. Now that I live in a large city, reading "The Old Man and The Boy" reminds me of my childhood, life in a rural community and the satisfaction of learning proper etiquette in the outdoors from someone older and wiser than I.