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A Hunter's Heart: Honest Essays on Blood Sport

David Petersen

Without apology, the voices in A Hunter's Heart 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.

Includes essays by such luminaries as 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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
  • Publish Date: Sep 15th, 1997
  • Pages: 352
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.90in - 6.00in - 1.00in - 0.85lb
  • EAN: 9780805055306
  • Categories: HuntingEthics & Moral Philosophy

About the Author

Petersen, David: - David Petersen and his wife live on a mountain near Durango, Colorado. Prior to leaving behind a conventional life, Petersen was a pilot in the U.S. Marines, the managing editor of a national motorcycle magazine, a two-time college graduate, a mailman, a beach bum, and the western editor of Mother Earth News. He is the author of On the Wild Edge.

Praise for this book

"This book is a search into the hunter's motives, the sometimes mystic connection between the hunter and food and, more fundamentally, an inquiry into our society's lost tethers to the natural world." --Los Angeles Times Book Review