Stories of the Old Duck Hunters and Other Drivel


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Masterpieces you can read over and over is how the Washington Post reviewed MacQuarrie's engaging, timeless stories of the misadventures of the Old Duck Hunters Association. Here are 53 classic hunting and fishing stories, some from sporting magazines of the 1930s and 1940s, including unpublished works from the author's literary estate. Available in individual volumes or collected in a slip-cased three-volume set.







Stories of Old Duck Hunters


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Last Stories of the Old Duck Hunters


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Masterpieces you can read over and over is how the Washington Post reviewed MacQuarrie's engaging, timeless stories of the misadventures of the Old Duck Hunters Association. Here are 53 classic hunting and fishing stories, some from sporting magazines of the 1930s and 1940s, including unpublished works from the author's literary estate.




Gordon MacQuarrie


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Although his typewriter has been silent for nearly fifty years, Gordon MacQuarrie’s words continue to inspire generations of hunting and fishing enthusiasts. Through his “Stories of the Old Duck Hunters,” most of which are still in print, MacQuarrie captured the intangible, emotional qualities of the outdoor life in a way that made him unique among his peers. As a result, his audience and his legend continue to grow. Gordon MacQuarrie: The Story of an Old Duck Hunter is the first full-length biography of this literary legend. It explores the relationships he nurtured and treasured; records his coming of age during Theodore Roosevelt’s Conservation Movement; documents his rise to national prominence as the first full-time, professional outdoor writer in America; and follows his life as journalist, storyteller, husband, father, outdoorsman, and conservationist. Complete with rarely seen photographs and a comprehensive timeline of his writings, this book is a fitting companion to MacQuarrie’s own Stories of the Old Duck Hunters anthologies.




Found Stories of the Old Duck Hunters and Other MacQuarrie Adventures


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"A Trilogy of Old Duck Hunter Association stories was compiled by Willow Creek Press during the second half of the 21st century. Editor Zack Taylor and MacQuarrie fans found most of the magazine stories, but not all. Found Stories of the Old Duck Hunters brings you six more ODHA stories never before offered in a book, and 20 other magazine articles of MacQuarrie's adventures with friends other than Mr. President. The earliest of these stories have been out of print for over 90 years! MacQuarrie, recognized as one of the best outdoors sports writers of his time, wrote for national outdoor magazines from 1931 to 1956. Most of these stories are set in his native Wisconsin, all about the captivating vagaries of human behavior and the natural world while hunting ducks or ruffed grouse and chasing trout and bass, but some are set in Canada, Alaska and other states. MacQuarrie wrote with authenticity and humor during a time of awakening conservation, a time when taking of wild game was changing from necessity to recreation. Together with two books of MacQuarrie's newspaper columns, Right Off The Reel and Dogs, Drink and Other Drivel, this book completes a second trilogy of MacQuarrie works, this time published by Barnes Area Historical Association Press (bahamuseum.org)"--Amazon.







More Stories of the Old Duck Hunters


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Masterpieces you can read over and over is how the Washington Post reviewed MacQuarrie's engaging, timeless stories of the misadventures of the Old Duck Hunters Association. Here are 53 classic hunting and fishing stories, some from sporting magazines of the 1930s and 1940s, including unpublished works from the author's literary estate.




Right Off the Reel


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Gordon MacQuarrie, best known for his Old Duck Hunters Association stories in popular outdoor magazines, was a full time outdoor columnist for the Milwaukee Journal from 1936 until his untimely death in 1956. This book, bearing the same name as his column, Right Off The Reel, contains 84 of his best columns. These deal with his early friends and hunts in northwest Wisconsin, his life with his neighbors at Middle Eau Claire Lake, Mister President (Al Peck) and conservation stories about Aldo Leopold, Ernie Swift, Sig Olson and others. Many of these columns are in fact rough drafts for the ODHA stories found in magazines or reprinted in The Old Duck Hunters trilogy or other books. All proceeds from this book will go to the Barnes (WI) Area Historical Association (BAHA), which supports a MacQuarrie Museum and library in the area of MacQuarrie's beloved cabin on Middle Eau Claire Lake.