Author: Alexander Hunter
Publisher: MEADOW RUN PRESS INC., Nov 2005
Binding: Slipcased Hardcover
ISBN: 1-886967-17-2
Synopsis
Beginning with a riveting account of growing up on his plantation before the Civil War, Hunter weaves together colorful tales of decades pursuing quail, fox, and waterfowl in Virginia and North Carolina, and saltwater fish along the mid-Atlantic coast. All of this, of course, after duty to his beloved Confederacy. Such a life so intensely driven by sport and adventure is one that we can only dream about today. 318 pgs.
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Introduction by James C. Kennedy
Alexander Hunter was a Virginia aristocrat of the antebellum generation who writes of a rural and charmed life. Beginning with a riveting account of growing up on his plantation before the Civil War, Hunter weaves together colorful tales of decades pursuing quail, fox, and waterfowl in Virginia and North Carolina, and saltwater fish along the mid-Atlantic coast. All of this, of course, after duty to his beloved Confederacy. Such a life so intensely driven by sport and adventure is one that we can only dream about today. This is a captivating book.
ABOUT MR KENNEDY
James C. Kennedy is Chairman and CEO of Cox Enterprises, Inc. of Atlanta, one of the largest media companies in the United States. James Cummins provides bibliographical and biographical notes on this elusive 1908 publication.
