Early Southern Sports and Sportsmen, 1830-1910 - A Literary Anthology

Offers a collecion of twenty-two classic hunting tales by twelve southern writers, including Davey Crocket, Johnson J. Hooper, and Henry Clay Lewis. These stories spring not only from a genteel literary tradition but also from the tradition of the tall tale or stories of backwoods humour. Jacob F. Rivers has gathered a host of well-read and well-heeled sportsmen who relish each and every detail of their encounters with their environment.

About the author

Jacob F. Rivers III spent much of his youth hunting and fishing in the South Carolina lowcountry. He serves as the director of the Office of Veterans Services at the University of South Carolina and teaches themes in American writing in the Department of English. Rivers is the author of Cultural Values in the Southern Sporting Narrative (University of South Carolina Press).

Summary

A collection of classic hunting tales and backwoods humor capturing the Southern sporting life

Product details

• Authors: Jacob F. Rivers III, Jacob F Rivers, Jacob F. Rivers, Jacob F. Rivers III
• Publisher: Univ of south carolina press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2014
• EAN: 9781611173970
• ISBN: 978-1-61117-397-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Fiction > Mixed anthologies; Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works