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From Ridgetops To Riverbottoms: A Celebration of the Outdoor Life in Tennessee (Outdoor Tennessee Series) - Softcover

Venable, Sam

 
9780870498848: From Ridgetops To Riverbottoms: A Celebration of the Outdoor Life in Tennessee (Outdoor Tennessee Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0870498843 ISBN 13: 9780870498848
Verlag: University of Tennessee Press, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

From Ridgetops to Riverbottoms takes the reader on a journey down the many winding roads of the outdoor experience in Tennessee. Such a journey requires a seasoned guide, and there can be no better one than journalist Sam Venable, who has written about the woods and waters of his native state for the past twenty-five years.

For Venable, the outdoor world is meant to be enjoyed. Whether he is casting popping bugs to bluegills during the frenzy of a willow fly hatch, lying motionless on his back in muddy corn stubble as mallards warily circle his decoys, savoring the sounds and scents of a moonlit summer night when smallmouth bass are on the prowl, or issuing plaintive love calls to an amorous wild turkey gobbler, the author's fascination with outdoor recreation never diminishes. And, as the reader quickly finds, this fascination is contagious.

Along with the lightheartedness and rich humor in these pages, there is an unmistakable love of the land and a deep concern for the endangered bond between nature and humankind. Like the trout in the stream or the deer in the forest, Venable suggests, we are as much a product of the land as any living creature. And what affects one—for better or worse—ultimately affects all.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Before his retirement, Sam Venable was a humor columnist for the Knoxville News Sentinel. He is the author of a dozen books on life, laughter, and the great outdoors.

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From Ridgetops to Riverbottoms takes the reader on a journey down the many winding roads of the outdoor experience in Tennessee. Such a journey requires a seasoned guide, and there can be no better one than journalist Sam Venable, who has written about the woods and waters of his native state for the past twenty-five years. For Venable, the outdoor world is meant to be enjoyed. Whether he is casting popping bugs to bluegills during the frenzy of a willow fly hatch, lying motionless on his back in muddy corn stubble as mallards warily circle his decoys, savoring the sounds and scents of a moonlit summer night when smallmouth bass are on the prowl, or issuing plaintive love calls to an amorous wild turkey gobbler, the author's fascination with outdoor recreation never diminishes. And, as the reader quickly finds, this fascination is contagious. Along with the lightheartedness and rich humor in these pages, there is an unmistakable love of the land and a deep concern for the endangered bond between nature and humankind. Like the trout in the stream or the deer in the forest, Venable suggests, we are as much a product of the land as any living creature. And what affects one - for better or worse - ultimately affects all.

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Verlag
University of Tennessee Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1995
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0870498843
ISBN 13 
9780870498848
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
352
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