Making Game: An Essay on Woodcock
Making Game: An Essay on Woodcock
Making Game: An Essay on Woodcock
Description
Description
Making Game is an edgy, elegant examination of the habits and history of a reclusive gamebird native to Europe and North America, the woodcock.
About the Author
About the Author
Guy de la Valdรจne was a writer, photographer, and sportsman who was raised in the United States and France. His essays have appeared in publications such as Gray's Sporting Journal and he wrote five books; Making Game: An Essay on Woodcock (1985), For a Handful of Feathers (1995), Red Stag: A Novel (2003), The Fragrance of Grass (2011), and On the Water: A Fishing Memoir (2015). He died in 2023. Robert DeMott, a former English professor, is an Editor-at-Large for The Upland Almanac and co-editor (with Dave Smith) of Afield: American Writers on Bird Dogs. He lives in Athens, Ohio.
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Lyons Press
Pub date:
2025-09-02
Length:
204 pages
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