Book Description

Jon Sundra wrote his first article in 1966, and by the early 1970s had risen to prominence at a time when the golden era of American outdoor writers was in full swing. The next thirty-plus years was a time when he and his colleagues were routinely invited by Remington, Winchester, Weatherby, and Ruger--and by many foreign gun manufacturers as well--to all-expense-paid jaunts to hunt and visit factories all over the world. During this period Jon met all the greats of the shooting and hunting world, and this book gives us an unvarnished look at some of the characters of that regrettably gone era. Jon is still active today, after having undertaken over a hundred hunting trips on five continents, not counting those in the States. This book is primarily not a description of those hunts, but rather a funny, very descriptive picture of an era in which gunwriters were kings of their domain and had egos to match. Jon cavorted with Elmer Keith, Jack O'Connor, Warren Page, Slim Pickens, Charlie Askins, Bill Jordan, Skeeter Skelton, Bob Milek, John Wootters, George Nonte, Jack Lewis, and others, and he has amusing stories to tell of these giants of the gunwriting world. Today he still writes as field editor for Safari magazine, and is a regular contributor to Rifle Shooter, Gun Digest, and Ballistic magazines. If anyone has ever had a colorful life, surely it's Jon Sundra.