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Books:
Note: Due to space constraints relevant comments were put off-page in individual pages, except where such are sufficiently short to not add more than two or three lines.

??? - Handbook of cartridge conversions (AlanM - (07 February 2004))

??? - J.G., The Upright Ape (TomC - (10 November 2003))

??? - Southeastern edibles : a field and culinary guide to the edible wild plants of the Southeast (Russ - (03 February 2002))

??? - A Land So Full of Game (BrentD - (27 January 2002))

??? - Gun Powder and Horse Sweat (JohnAS -  (24 January 2002))

??? - Hunt Alaska Now (WildBR -  (24 March 2004))

"A Corporal Of Riflemen," pseudonym of one Sir Henry Beaufroy  - Scloppetaria.  The primordial manual of riflery for the soldier.  Beaufroy was an officer of the Rifle Regiment in the Peninsular War.  Beufroy's book was published in 1808 in London, and a facsimile edition was put out some years back. (TomC -  (20 January 2000))

Abdenour, Samia - Egyptian Cooking, published by the American University In Cairo Press (TomC - (22 January 2002))

Acker, Randy DVM - A Field Guide for Emergency Care for the Outdoor Dog (Andrea -  (03 January 2002))

Adams - The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (DJ -  (01 August 2000))

African Hunter - The African Hunter Shot Placement Pocket Field Guide (JimD - (30 January 2002))

Anderson, Fred - Crucible of war (Russ - (22 January 2002))

Anderson, Kenneth - Nine maneaters and one rogue (WarrenE - (22 January 2002))

Ashley, William Henry - The Ashley Narrative: William Henry Ashley to General Henry Atkinson, December 1, 1825,  The Ashley-Smith Explorations and the Discovery of a Central Route to the Pacific, 1822-1829 (Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1941) (EarlP - (23 January 2002))  (Read a short extract)

Asimov, Isaac - Nightfall.  His first published work.  Worth your time to ferret out, and try to get the original, not the expanded version he later developed.  Brevity is the soul of wit, as the saying goes. (MichaelK -  (01 August 2000))

Audubon JJ and J Bachman 1849 - The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America  VG Audubon, New York, 383 pp. A few cites on larger scale 'migrations'--actually Sciurus migratorius is a synonym for S. carolinensis from Audubon (Brent -  (27 October 1999))

Ayoob, Mas:
    -    In the Gravest Extreme (Leighton - (16 November 2001))
    -    StressFire II: Advanced Combat Shotgun (JohnS - (16 November 2001))
    -    The Truth About Self Protection (JohnS - (16 November 2001))

Babcock, Havilah:
    -    The Education of Pretty Boy (AlanM - (22 January 2002))
    -    I don't want to shoot an elephant (AlanM - (22 January 2002))
    -    Jaybirds Go to Hell on Friday (AlanM - (22 January 2002))
    -    My health is better in November (AlanM - (22 January 2002))
                'The stories are great what made the veins in my forehead stick out was the note in the dust jacket apologizing for the language used in the book. "While not acceptable now it was common for the day"'
    -    (William J. Schaldach (Illustrator)) Tales of Quails and such (AlanM - (22 January 2002))

Baker, Sir Samuel:
    -    Rifle and hound in Ceylon (BobS -  (01 August 2000))
    -    Wild Beast and Their Ways (BobS -  (24 January 2002))

Barnes, Frank - Cartridges of the World (TomC -  (01 August 2000))

Barr, Nevada - Track of the cat (EarlP -  (13 June 2000))

Barsness, John - Optics for the Hunter (JimD -  (16 May 2000))

Bates, Marston - The Forest and the Sea: The Economy of Nature and the Ecology of Man (TomC -  (31 July 2000))

Bean, LL - Game and Fish Cookbook (BrentD -  (02 February 2000))

Beevor, Antony - Inside the British Army (TomC - (24 January 2002))

Bell, WDM and Whelen, Townsend - Bell of Africa (WarrenE - (22 January 2002))

Benson, Ragnar:
    -    Hard Core Poaching (DJ -  (23 January 2002))  (Also read DJ's comments)
    -    Survival Poaching (JimP -  (20 January 2000))

Bluchel, Kurt G. - Game and Hunting - Two volume tome which traces the history of hunting from pre-historic times to the present.  1997 Konemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH; Bonner Strasse 126, D-50968 Koln.  The first volume outlines a history of hunting, and the second volume describes hunting today.  As may be deduced from the publishing data, the book is heavily European in content. (Russ -  (16 May 2000))

Boccaccio, Giovanni - The Decameron.   The Payne translation with illustrations by Steele Savage was one of my favorite books (apart from my mother's obstetrical nursing textbooks) as a kid because of the salacious pictures.  Well, salacious for that time, nothing you don't see on HBO now.  O where has the joy in sin gone? (DanG - (23 January 2002))

Boddington, Craig - Where Lions Roar (JimD -  (16 May 2000))

Boller, Henery A. - Among the Indians, 1959.  (DavidP -  (23 January 2002))

Bond, Simon - 101 Uses for a Dead Cat (AlanM - (22 January 2002))

Boucher, Anthony - "Annie Oakley In Baker Street" in The Journal of the Baker Street Irregulars (JonS -  (02 June 2000))

Bowden, Mark - Blackhawk Down (EarlP - (10 November 2003))

Bradbury, Ray - Fahrenheit 451 (JoeP - (22 January 2002))

Briggs, Ellis O. - Shots heard round the world (WarrenE - (22 January 2002))

Brister, Bob - Shotgunning: the Art and the Science, 1976, Winchester Press , New Win Publishing Inc. ISBN 0-8329-1840-9 (JonS -  (02 June 2000))

Brown, Jim - Quarter Power Scaling Law of Ecology. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))
        On allometrics.  Brent comments thus:  "Poor Sister NOT!  If anything, it gets too much attention.  But it has been well worked out in the 1970s and by the mid 80s was more or less a fate accompli.  Then in the late 90s Jim Brown and his henchman (a theoretical physicist with zero understanding of biology), revived it with this book.

Brown, Tom, Jr. - Tom Brown's Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants (DJ -  (24 January 2002))

Bryan, H. 1977.  Leisure value systems and recreational specialization:
The case of trout fishermen.  Journal of Leisure Research, 9,174-187. (LeeF -  (01 November 1999))

Buckingham, Nash - De shootinest gent'man (WarrenE - (22 January 2002))

Budiansky, S. - The Truth about dogs (Russ -  (28 January 2002))

Burchell, William J. - Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa  (Marius -  (06 December 1999))

Burgess, Anthony:
    -    Clockwork Orange (StephenP - (22 January 2002))
    -    The Wanting Seed (StephenP - (22 January 2002))

Capstick, Peter Hathaway - Death in the Long Grass (StephenP - (13 January 2004))

Carlin, George - BrainDroppings.  Hyperion (Publisher), Comedy Concepts, Inc. copyright 1997. ISBN 0-7868-6313-7 (Woody - (29 October 2001))

Calvin, William - The River That Flows Uphill (EarlP - (23 January 2002))
        Also see his website

Cameron, Sheila MacNiven - The Best From New Mexico Kitchens,  New Mexico Magazine, Santa Fe, NM, 1978, ISBN 0-937206-35-0, LC Catalog Card Number 78-73806. (New Mexican cooking) (CharlieS -  (24 March 2004))

Carlson and Giffin - Dog Owner's Home Veterinary Handbook (ISBN 0-87605-764-4) (GeorgeB - (21 November 2001))

Carmony & Brown - Mexican game trails (WarrenE - (22 January 2002))

Cassell, Jay (Editor) & Fiduccia, Peter (Editor) - The Quotable Hunter (NikiT -  (04 January 2002))

Chang and Donoghue - Paper:  Recreating ancestral proteins (BrentD -  (14 June 2000))

Chapman and Feldhammer - Mammals of North America (LeeF -  (23 January 2002))

Clark, Leonard; Habegger, Larry & Gallardy, Louis (Introduction)- The Rivers All Ran East (Earl -  (11 November 2001))

Clarke Arthur C. - Nine Tomorrows  (TomC -  (14 February 2004))

Cochran,  Rice - Be Prepared.  About his adventures as a Scoutmaster  (TomC -  (02 June 2000))

Conan-Doyle, Sir Arthur - A Study In Scarlet  (JonS -  (02 June 2000))

Conway, Jill - The Road To Courrain**** (NikiT - (13 December 1999))

Corbett, Jim - Maneaters of Kumaon (WarrenE - (22 January 2002))

Crane, Stephen - The Black Riders (JohnAS - (24 January 2002))
        Poems and literary remains = vol. X (available separately) of The Works of Stephen Crane, ed. Fredson Bowers. Charlottesville, VA :  the University Press of Virginia, c1975 ; lccn 68-8536

Camuto, Christopher - Hunting From Home: A Year Afield in the Blue Ridge Mountains (TomC - (03 January 2004))

Daudet, Alphonse - Tartarin de Tarascon (French) (JohnAS - (22 January 2002))

de Becker, Gavin - The Gift of Fear  (EarlP -  (01 August 2000))

Denisen, Isak -  Out of Africa.  About her years in Africa.  She was actually Karin Blixen, wife of Baron Bror von Blixen. (Marius -  (13 December 1999))

Dent, Huntley - The Feast of Santa Fe (New Mexican cooking) (CharlieS -  (24 March 2004)) 

Dentry, Ed - The wild life of wildlife. (TomJ - (04 August 2000))

Diamond, Jared - Guns, Germs, and Steel.  Deals with the history of humanity for the past 30 000 years (LesK - (16 May 2000))

DiMaio, Vincent - Gunshot Wounds (TomC - (25 November 2001)

Dinsmore, Jim - A Land So Full of Game: account of the last buffalo shot in Iowa (Brent - (01 December 1999))

Dixon, D - After man : a zoology of the future (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Dizard, Jan E. - Going Wild (JimP -  (20 January 2000))   (LeeF comments: Hunting animal rights and the contested meaning of nature 1999. Have only skimmed it. Rather contemplative and prosaic but she accesses some folks I respect.)

Dobbs, Jim and Phillis - Tritronics Retriever Training (TomJ - (16 May 2000))

"Doctari" (Robertson K.):
    -    Nyati (Marius -  (01 November 1999))
    -    The Perfect Shot - Shot Placement for African Big Game (Marius -  (06 December 1999))

Donnelly, John J - The Handloader's Manual of Cartridge Conversions, 1987, ISBN 0883171368, 8.5 x 11", 1055pp (JonS - (07 February 2004))
        With over 900 cartridges described, and an interesting book in its own right.

Durant, Will - The Life of Greece (Marius - (22 January 2002))

Eckert, Allan W.: (Good factual books with footnotes):
    -    Wilderness Empire  (DavidP -  (23 January 2002))
    -    The Frontiersman  (DavidP -  (23 January 2002))
    -    Gateway To Empire  (DavidP -  (23 January 2002))

Elman, Robert - Fired In Anger (TomC - (23 January 2002)) (Also read Tom's comments)

Farwell, Byron - The Great War In Africa. (1914-1918).   On the South African involvement in WWI (TomC - (06 December 1999))

Faulkner, William - Hunting Stories (LeeF - (02 February 2000))

Fischer, David Hackett - Paul Revere's Ride (WoodyW - (20 September 2000))

Fitzpatrick, Sir Percy - Jock of Bushveld (JohnAS - (22 January 2002))

Flannery, Tim - The Ecological History of North America (BrentD - (24 January 2002))  (Also read Brent's comments)

Flyger, V.  1969.  "The 1968 squirrel "migration" in the eastern United States.  Proceedings of the Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, 26:69-79." (Brent -  (25 October 1999))

Forbes, Esther - Paul Revere and the Times He Lived In  (TomC -  (01 August 2000))

Foxfire Books - 11 tomes of priceless interviews with well-seasoned Appalachia folk. (DougK -  (14 June 2000))

Fry, Alan - Wilderness Survival Handbook (KyleB -  (01 January 2002))

Ganzhorn, Jack - I've killed men (Russ - (22 November 2001))

Garavaglia/Worman's - Firearms of the America West, Volume 1&2 (EarlP - (01 December 1999))

Gardner, Martin - In The Name of Science (TomC -  (13 January 2004))

Garfield and Patterson - "Dispersal Behavior in Common Shrew and Short Tail Vole", February/March 2000 issue, Journal of North American Mammology. (MichaelK -  (01 August 2000))

Garfinkel, Simson - Database Nation (Russ - (14 December 2001))

Garwood, G.(ough) T.(homas) (He wrote under both Garwood and Gough Thomas)
    -    Gough Thomas's Gun Book (TomC - (01 December 1999))
    -    Gough Thomas's Second Gun Book (TomC - (01 December 1999))

Gasset, Jose Orgeta - Meditations on Hunting (AlanM - (19 January 2000))

Ghiglieri, Michael P and Myers, Thomas M - Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon (EarlP -  (02 January 2002))

Gibson, Fred - Old Yeller (JohnAS -  (22 January 2002))

Gilbert, Fabiola Cabeza de Baca - The Good Life, Museum of New Mexico Press, 1949, 1982. ISBN 0-89013-137-6, Santa Fe, NM, LC Catalog Card Number 81-83160. (New Mexican cooking) (CharlieS -  (24 March 2004))

Gimpel, Jean - The Medieval Machine: The Industrial Revolution of the Middle Ages (TomC - (16 May 2000))

Gogan, Art - Fighting Iron: A Metals Handbook for Arms Collectors, Andrew Mobray Press (Mowbray is the editor of Man At Arms (TomC - (23 January 2002))  (Also read Tom's comments)

Goodenhjelm, Uno - Det stora vargåret (In reference to wolf attacks) (JonB -  (23 January 2002))

Gottlieb, Alan & Arnold, Ron - Politically Correct Guns: Please Don't Rob or Kill Me  (DougK -  (01 August 2000))

Gould, James L.; Keeton, William T.; Gould, Carol Grant - Biological Science (TomC - (16 May 2000))

Gray, Prentiss - African game-lands (WarrenE - (22 January 2002))

Greener - The Gun And Its Development (JimD -  (14 January 2000))

Grosz, Terry - Wildlife Wars: The Life and Times of a Fish and Game Warden(GeorgeB- (21 November 2001))

Guthrie, A. B.:
    -    Arfive (DavidP - (23 January 2002))
    -    The Big Sky (DavidP - (23 January 2002))
    -    These Thousand Hills (DavidP - (23 January 2002))
    -    The Way West (DavidP - (23 January 2002))

Gutterson - East of the Mountains.   I have mixed emotions about the book.  While I enjoyed the descriptions of the land and culture I didn't particularly like the anti-gun/hunting message that lay beneath the whole story. (MikeK - (23 January 2002))

Hagakure - The Way of the Samurai (DJ - (31 January 2002))

Hagel, Bob:
    -    Game Loads and Practical Ballistics for the American Hunter (JimD -  (01 February 2000))
    -    Guns, Loads, & Hunting Tips (JimC - (22 January 2002))

Hall, Dave - Game wars (LeeF - (22 January 2002))

Hardin, Garett - "Living in a life-boat" or essay of similar title.  Published in Science around 1970-74 (BrentD -  (01 August 2000))

Harris, Thomas:
    -    Hannibal (EarlP - (22 January 2002))
    -    The Silence of the Lambs (EarlP - (22 January 2002))

Harrison - The jackals will be there (WarrenE - (22 January 2002))

Heard, Brian J - Handbook of firearms & ballistics, ISBN 0-471-96563-4  (JonS - (03 January 2004))

Heinlein, Robert - The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress.  A sci-fi book well worth your time if you haven't read it  (TomC -  (02 June 2000))

Hemingway, Ernest
    -    Green Hills of Africa (LesK - (25 July 2002))
    -    The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber (Earl - (13 December 1999))
    -    True at First Light, Scribner 1999, Edited by Patrick Hemingway.  (Earl - (01 February 2000))

Henderson - "Marine Sniper" (RickE - (30 November 1999))
        On Gunnery Sergeant Carlos N. Hathcock II

Herne, Brian - White Hunters.  The golden age of African Safaris (AlanM - (01 February 2000))

Herrero, Steve - Bear Attacks, Their Causes and Avoidance  (JimC -  (01 August 2000))

Hibben, Frank C.:
    -    Hunting American Bears (JimC - (22 January 2002))
    -    Hunting American Lions.  Also read a review written by Carl Stone. (JimD - (16 May 2000))

Hightower - If the gods wanted us to vote, they would have given us candidates (BobS - (22 November 2000))

Hines, Robert - ducks at a distance; a waterfowl identification guide; usf&ws  albuquerqe, nm (BobS - (29 October 2003))

Hines, Robert - ducks at a distance; a waterfowl identification guide; usf&ws, jamestown, nd under the auspices of northern prairie wildlife research center (BobS - (29 October 2003))

Hobbs, Will - Bear Dance (EarlP - (24 January 2002))

Hogg and Weeks - Pistols of the World (TomC - (22 January 2002))

Holland, Ray - Shotgunning in the Lowlands (Bruce - (21 January 2002))

Hornaday - Camp-fires in the Canadian Rockies (WarrenE - (22 January 2002))

Huff, D. - How to lie with statistics (Russ - (13 June 2000))

Hunter, John - Hunter (JohnAS - (22 January 2002))

Huxley, Elspeth:
    -    Flame Trees of Thika (DanG - (20 July  2000))
    -    The Mottled Lizard (DanG - (20 July 2000))

Ivins, Tim (Editor) - Hunter's Handbook (Marius - (17 April 2000))

Jackson LL, Heffner HE, Heffner RS - Audiogram of the fox squirrel (Sciurus niger): Journal of Comparative Psychology 111: (1) 100-104 MAR 1997 (TomC -  (02 November 1999))

Jacoby, Karl - Crimes Against Nature : Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation (DougK -  (29 October 2001))

Johnson, Osa - I married Adventure* (NikiT - (13 December 1999))

Jordan, Bill - No Second Place (JohnS - (14 November 2001))

Junior League of Albuquerque - Simply Simpa'tico, Albuquerque, NM, 1981, ISBN 0-9609278-0-8, LC Catalog Card Number 80-51756. (New Mexican cooking) (CharlieS -  (24 March 2004))

Keeton, Thomas - Biological Science (TomC -  (31 July 2000))

Kerasote - Bloodties (JimC -  (19 January 2000))

Kilgo, Jim  - "Deep Enough for Ivory Bills" (Brent -  (18 October 1999))

Kingsolver, Barbara - The Poisonwood Bible.  Politically the book is very PC--left.  However there is a scene where the missionary family is required to hunt for food with the natives in the Congo:  "... On the day of the hunt I came to know in the slick center of my bones this one thing: all animals kill to survive, and we are animals."  (JimC -  (16 May 2000))

Klejne, Bozena - Ghost Town Menu  (Bozena -  (05 April 2006))

Krebs, Herbert - Jung oder Alt?  ISBN 3-405-11938-3.  Want to see what European boar look like?  In German, of course, but it's mostly photos.  (JonS -  (01 February 2000))

Krech, S. III. - The ecological Indian. 1999.  WW Norton. 318 pp.   An Oxford/Yale/ Princeton anthropologist delves into aboriginal hunting, explodes some mythology and romanticism tendencies.  Dares to speak about  the potential and reality of overharvest scenarios, those that influence tribal behaviors, etc.(LeeF - (23 January 2002))

LaGrange, Mike - Ballistics in Perspective (BobS -  (28 October 1999))

Lamb, Charles - A Dissertation on Roast Pig (TomC -  (13 January 2000))

Leopold, Aldo:
    -    Game Management (JimP - (22 January 2002))
    -    Sand County Almanac (TomJ -  (01 February 2000))

Leopold Wolman and Miller - Fluvial Processes in Geomorphology  (EarlP -  (02 June 2000))

LeRue - The Deer of North America  (WoodyW -  (02 June 2000))

Lewis, C.S.:
        -    An Experiment in Criticism  (Russ -  (01 August 2000))
        -    English Literature of the 16th Century Excluding Drama (EarlP -  (18 July 2000))
        -    God in the Dock (? -  (05 January 2000))
        -    Perelandra (EarlP -  (01 August 2000))
        -    Surprised by Joy (EarlP -  (18 July 2000))

London, Jack - To Build A Fire (TomC - (22 January 2002))

Long CA and JE Long, 1986. Mass drowning of gray squirrels off Washington Island, Lake Michigan.  The Jack-Pine Warbler 64:21-22 (Brent -  (27 October 1999))

Lott, John:
        - The Best Defense: True Stories of Intended Victims  (DougK  (01 August 2000))
        - More guns, Less Crime (Russ -  (01 February 2000))

Lousada, Patricia - Game Cookery by  (ISBN 0-7195-4774-1) (JonS -  (24 March 2004))

Lovell, Mary - Straight on till morning.  Biography of Beryl Markham.  (BobS - (13 December 1999))

Lutz - Double Speak  (DavidP  (10 August 2000))

Lyman - Shotshell Reloading Handbook (4th Edition)  (DanielG -  (02 June 2000))

Mack, Jefferson - The Secret Freedom Fighter: Fighting Tyranny without Terrorizing the Innocent  (AlanM -  (14 July 2000))

Malcolm, Joyce Lee - CIP galley for Guns and violence : the English experience.  Publisher is Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-00753-0. I have only the acknowledgments and introd.; so I can't tell a whole lot. However, from what I have in hand, the account does not seem to be biased strongly either way.  In case anybody doesn't recognize the name : JLM is an eminent scholar whose researches, being honest, have turned out strongly in our favor before. Funny how it tends to work out that way... (Comments from a friend to Russ) (Russ - (30 January 2002))

Manchester, William - "Goodbye Darkness" (Rick - (30 November 1999))
        On Gunnery Sergeant Carlos N. Hathcock II

Manners, Harry - Kambaku (NeillV - (22 January 2002))

Markham, Beryl:
    -    West into the Night**** (NikiT - (13 December 1999))
    -    The Splendid Outcast** (NikiT - (13 December 1999))
    Biographies of:
        -    Lovell, Mary - Straight on till morning (BobS - (13 December 1999))
        -    Trzebinski, Errol - The lives of Beryl Markham (BobS - (13 December 1999))
        ( Trzebinski is the better, rounder and more complete 'biography'.  Lovell's is (and I hate to use this incredibly accurately descriptive phrase) a 'womans book', going into some depth of feelings and relationships.  If one is interested in Markham, both should be read.  Markham was a distinctly faced character who did, indeed, have several different 'lives'. )

Margulis & Schwartz - Five Kingdoms (Russ -  (16 May2000))

Matthew, Paul - The Paper Jacket (BrentD -  (29 June 2005))

Maydon, Maj HC - Big Game Shooting in Africa (JimD -  (07 January 2000))

McCaig, Donald (Mr. Border Collie):
    -    Nop's Trials (TomC (18 November 2001))
    -    Eminent Dogs, Dangerous Men (TomC (18 November 2001))

McClane, A.J. - A Taste of the Wild (JimC -  (14 July 2000))

McCrae, John - In Flanders Fields and Other Poems (TomC -  (05 January 2004))
        Also see this website on the poem

McFarlane, B. L. 1996. Socialization influences of specialization among
birdwatchers.  Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 1(1): 35-50. (LeeF -  (01 November 1999))

McGuane, Thomas - An Outside Chance, 1980 (JimD -  (28 October 1999))

McNeill, William:
    -    Plagues and peoples (Russ -  (16 May 2000))
    -    The Rise of the West (Russ -  (16 May 2000))

McPherson, M.L. ed. - Cartridges of the World, 9th ed. (COTW) ISBN 0-97341-909-X (JimD - (30 January 2002))

Meehan, W.R, and J.F. Thilenius - Safety in bear country: protective measures and bullet performance at short range.  USDA, USFS, Pac.  Northw.  For.  And Range Exp.  Sta., Gen.  Tech.  Rep. PNW-152.  16pp. (WarrenE -  (31 October 2000))

Merck Manual (8th Edition) (TomC - (07 February 2004))

Merfield, Fred G. - Gorilla Hunter (JimC - (22 January 2002))

Middleton, Harry - Earth is enough (Russ -  (13 January 2000))

Milner, Joss, Jim Alexander and Cy Griffin - A Highland Deer Herd and Its Habitat; Published by Red Lion House; ISBN 0-9512631-5-3; Hardback, 367pp. (ColinM -  (10 November 2003))

Monsarrat, Nicholas - The Tribe Which Lost Its Head (LesK -  (16 May 2000))

Mowat, Farley - People of the Deer.  It centers around the "starvation" of the Barren Grounds Eskimo peoples by the white "do-gooders" who insisted that they shift their diet from caribou to bean and flour. (MikeK - (23 January 2002))

Munsterhjelm, Erik - The wind and the caribou.  Set as a factual account of trapping northeast of Lake Athabasca and the author reports taking 16 wolves in one day - his best ever - and that when the caribou were about there were large congregations of wolves that just moved through, large 12-15 member packs.  (LeeF - (23 January 2002))

Musashi, Miyamoto - A Book of Five Rings (DJ - (31 January 2002))

Nelson, Richard - Heart and Blood; living with deer in America (LeeF -  (13 June 2000))

Nowak - Walkers' Mammals of the World  (BrentD -  (01 August 2000))

Nugent, Ted - God, Guns & Rock'nRoll  (DougK -  (01 August 2000))

O'Connor, Jack:
    - The Last Book  (WarrenE -  (02 June 2000))
    - The Big-Game Rifle (JimC -  (14 June 2000))

O'Dell, Scott - Island of the blue dolphins.  An Indian girl is stranded, alone, on an island for many years.  One of the first hurdles she has to overcome is the strict tribal taboo against women making or using weapons.  Island of the blue dolphins is based on a real incident. (Russell - (13 December 1999))

Ognev, SI. 1940. Animals of the USSR and adjacent countries. IV. Rodents, Moscow.  USSR-Israel Program for Scientific Translations. 1966.  Jerusalem.  Some info on migrations in S. vulgaris--Eurasian red squirrels. (Brent -  (27 October 1999))

Olds, Elizabeth Fagg - Women of The Four Winds **** (NikiT - (13 December 1999))

Ondaatje, Christopher - Hemingway in Africa - The Last Safari (ColinM - (10 November 2003))

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ontario Trappers Association - Wild Furbearer Management and Conservation in North America   (JimP - (23 January 2002))  (Also read Jim's comments)

Orion, The Hunter's Institute - Beyond Fair Chase  (TomC -  (02 June 2000))

Orwell, George - Notes on Nationalism (EarlP - (10 November 2003))

Osborn, David A. - Squirrel Dog Basics: A Guide to Hunting Squirrels with Dogs, privately printed by Treetop Publications of Watkinsville, GA (TomC - (23 January 2002)) (Also read Tom's comments)

Pagnol, Marcel - My Father's Glory (JohnAS - (22 January 2002))

Pakenham, Thomas - The Boer War.  On the Second Anglo-Boer War in South Africa.  1899 - 1902 (TomC - (06 December 1999))

Patterson - The Maneaters of Tsavo (ISBN 0671003062)  (JimP -  (01 August 2000))

PESCOF (Programme d'education en securite et en conservation de la fanique), the Ministere de L'Environment et de la Faune and the Quebec Wildlife Federation - Introduction to Bowhunting (DJ - (22 January 2002))

Petersen, David - Heartsblood: Hunting, Spirituality, and Wildness in America (TimC - (22 January 2002))
        Petersen is an admitted greenie "treehugger", but a true hunter too. His ideas will offend everyone in this forum (but on different points) which, I believe, is the point of his writing: to make the reader think.

Petrie, Chuck (Editor) - Dabblers & Divers: A Duck Hunter's Book (AndreaF -  (01 January 2002))

Philbrick, Nat and Philbrick, Nathaniel - In The Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (TomC - (22 January 2002))

Phillips, Jan - Wild Edibles of Missouri, published by the Missouri Dept. of Conservation (DougK -  (24 January 2002))

Poe, Edgar Allan - The Cask of Amontillado (EarlP -  (29 October 2003))

Posewitz, Jim - Beyond Fair Chase: The Ethic and Tradition of Hunting. 1994. Falcon Press, Montana. ISBN 1560442832 (JimP - (22 January 2002))

Posner, Gerald - Case Closed.  On the Kennedy murder (Russ -  (01 February 2000))

Quigley, Paxton - Armed and female (Russ -  (24 January 2002))

Rand, Ayn - Anthem (JoeP - (22 January 2002))

Rand, James S - Run For The Trees. (Dobson, October 1966 ISBN 0234779209) (KimS - (10 November 2003))
        If you're interested in big game hunting in Africa at the turn of the century, it's a classic.

Robbins, Brunn, Zim - A Guide to Field Identification: Birds of North America (MikeK - (26 January 2002))

Roberts, Ned - "The Caplock Muzzleloading Rifle" - (Brent - (16 November 2001)

Robinson, Derek - "War Story" (TomC -  (23 October 2005))

Rombauer, Irma S. et al  - Joy of Cooking (NOT the new PC versions) (TomC -  (02 June 2000))

Ruark, Robert:
    -    Horn of the Hunter : The Story of an African Hunt (JohnAS - (22 January 2002))
    -    The Old Man and The Boy (WarrenE - (22 January 2002))
    -    Uhuru (JohnAS - (22 January 2002))

Ruffer, Jonathon Garnier - The Big Shots - Edwardian Shooting Parties (Neville - (27 November 2001))

Sayers, Dorothy L. - The Documents In The Case (TomC - (27 November 2001))

Schwabe, Calvin W. - Unmentionable Cuisine.  (JohnAS - (24 January 2002))
        Interesting reading and recipes and recommended if you have a taste for the strange.

Schmidt-Neilsen - Papers in 1972 Science 222-228 (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Schorger,  A.W. 1949. Squirrels in early Wisconsin.  Trans. Wisc. Acad. Sci. Arts Letters, 39: 195-247.--a really nice historical reference including a few cites on smaller scale but substantial movements of S. niger (Brent -  (27 October 1999))

Schultz, Otto - Im bannes des Nordlichts (JonB - (22 January 2002))

Scott, Sir Peter - The Eye of The Wind (Colin -  (03 January 2002))

Seton, E.I. 1920. Migrations of the gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis).  J. Mamm.1:53-58. (Brent -  (27 October 1999))

Shackleton, Sir Ernest - South (TomC - (22 January 2002))
        (Read Tom's review)

Shaw, Harley - Soul Among Lions (JimC - (22 January 2002))

Shelton, James Gary:
    -    Bear Attacks - The Deadly Truth (JimP -  (02 November 2003))
    -    Bear Encounter Survival Guide (JimC -  (01 August 2000))

Sibley - The Sibley Guide to Birds (BobS - (26 January 2002))

Skinner, Milton P. - The Yellowstone Nature Book (published 1924)  Extract: "Most of the stories we hear of the ferocity of these animals (wolves) come from Europe. There, they are dangerous because they do not fear man, since they are seldom hunted except by lords of the manor. In America, the wolves are the same kind, but they have found to their bitter cost that practically every man and boy carries a rifle?" (DJ - (23 January 2002))

Skousen, Dr. W. Cleon - The 5,000 Year Leap (AlanM -  (31 October 2000))

Smiley, Jane - Moo (BrentD - (28 January 2002))

Smithsonian Institution Press - The Smithsonian Book of North American  Mammals. (Brent -  (13 June 2000))

Sommers, Christina Hoff - The War Against Boys. (GeorgeB - (22 January 2002))
        I'm currently reading it, and it's apalling what these frauds get away with publishing

Sowell, Thomas - The self-annointed (Russ -  (19 January 2000))

Spencer, James - Point! (ToddA -  (05 April 2006))

Spencer, Jim - Training Retrievers for the Marshes and Meadows (Andrea -  (24 January 2002))

Stein, Harry - How I Accidentally Joined the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy (and found inner peace).  Former Anti-war protester, liberal newspaperman, and ethics writer for Esquire magazine describes his journey from Liberalism to Conservatism in a slim, well written and facinating volume.  Parts of it are hilarious, others quite poignant and thought provoking. (Russ - (24 February 2002))

Stelfox - Hoofed Mammals of Alberta (JimP - (01 November 2003))

Stevens, Monague - Meet Mr. Grizzly (JimC - (22 January 2002))

Stewart, George R.- Names on the Land : A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States (Russ - (29 November 2001))

Stigand - Hunting the Elephant in Africa (WarrenE - (22 January 2002))

Street, James - Good-bye, My Lady (JohnAS - (22 January 2002))

Sun Tzu - The Art of War (DJ - (31 January 2002))

Swanson - In Defense of Hunting (LeeF - (03 May 2005)

Swinton, E.D. - The Defense of Duffer's Drift.  Set in the Boer War this book came out in 1907, and is used as a teaching tool for Army types and other ground pounders. (JimD -  (20 January 2000))

Taylor, Bayard - Eldorado (TimC - (23 January 2002))

Taylor, John - Pondoro (JohnAS - (22 January 2002))

Taylor, V. J. and Dunstone, N. (editors) - The exploitation of mammal populations, 1996, Chapman & Hall. 415 pp (LeeF - (23 January 2002)) (Also read Lee's comments)

Thayer - Birds of North America (DJ - (26 January 2002))

Thomas - Medicolegal Investigation of Death (KF 9625 S761 1980) (Leighton - (25 November 2001)

Thomas, Gough (Garfield): (JonS - (02 December 2001)
    - Gough Thomas' Gun Book
    - Gough Thomas' Second Gun Book
    - Shotgun Facts & Fancies
    - Shotguns and Cartridge for Game & Clays

Thoreau, Henry David - Civil Disobedience (DJ - (31 January 2002))

Thorp, Raymond W. - Crow Killer: the saga of Liver-Eating Jeremiah Johnson (JimP - (22 January 2002))

Time Life Book - The Trappers (DavidP - (22 January 2002))

Times - Atlas of the World  (BrentD -  (01 August 2000))

Trout, John Jr (Woody - (29 October 2001))
    - Finding Wounded Deer.
    - Trailing Whitetails

Trzebinski, Errol - The lives of Beryl Markham.  Biography of Beryl Markham.  (BobS - (13 December 1999))

Twain, Mark
    - The Mysterious Stranger (TomC - (27 April 2006))
    - Tom Sawyer (TomC - (07 January 2004))

UK's Arms & Armour Society - "The Firework Book :  Gunpowder in Medieval Germany", this is the first English translation of a unique German manuscript  - "Das Feuerwerkbuch" - on the subject of guns and gunpowder, dated c. 1400, and held in the library of Freiburg University.  It was written by chemists and alchemists for the instruction of gunners and sportsmen, and is nicely produced, with colour and b&w photos, and about 90pp of text.    (ColinG -  (19 October 2001))

United States Government - Pub. No. 9: The American Practical Navigator (JimC - (22 January 2002))

Van der Post, Laurens - Testament to the Bushmen (IanG - (5 April 2005)

Velikovsky, Immanuel - Worlds in Collision (Russ - (13 January 2004))
        (A classic of non-science...of nonsense, whichever you prefer)

Volhard, Wendy and Brown, Kerry - Holistic Guide to a Healthy Dog.  Also visit the Volhard site. (DJ - (21 January 2002))

Wallace, Graham - Guns of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945  (TomC -  (16 August 2000))

Walter, John - The Greenhill Dictionary of Guns and Gunmakers ISBN 1-85367-392-7 (Colin - (13 December 2001))
        The companion website (JohnS - (14 December 2001))

Wardrop, Major A.E - Modern pig-sticking, with chapters by Col., J. Vaughan, Lieut-Col. F.W. Caton Jones, M.M.Crawford & Captain H.E. Medlicott.  Covers topics such as Natural History and Characteristics of Pig, Choosing, Buying and Training a Horse and Spearing Various Animals.  (Marius -  (13 December 1999))

Ward, Peter D. - The Call of Distant Mammoths - Why the Ice Age Mammals Disappeared (JimC - (23 January 2002)) (Also read Jim's comments)

Warner (Werner?), Susan Keifer - Grand Canyon  (EarlP -  (02 June 2000))

Waters, Ken - Pet Loads (Wolfe Publishing) (JimD - (14 January 2000))

Watson, James D. - The Double Helix (TomC -  (31 July 2000))

Webster - The Complete Venison Cookbook (AlanM -  (01 February 2000))

White, Stewart Edward:
    -    Folded Hills (Andy Burnett saga) (JohnAS - (23 January 2002))
    -    The Long Rifle (Andy Burnett saga) (JohnAS - (22 January 2002))
    -    The Mountains (1904) (DavidP - (23 January 2002))
    -    Ranchero (Andy Burnett saga) (JohnAS - (23 January 2002))
    -    The Rediscovered Country (WarrenE -  (16 May 2000))
    -    Stampede (Andy Burnett saga) (JohnAS - (23 January 2002))
    -    Wild Geese Calling (Russ - (23 January 2002))

Whitehead, G. Kenneth - Encyclopedia of Deer (IanG -  (14 April 2005))

Wigginton, Eliot (Ed.) - I Wish I Could Give My Son a Wild Raccoon (DougK -  (14 June 2000))

Wilson and Reeder - Mammal Species of the World  (BrentD -  (01 August 2000))

Wirnsberger, G. - Standard directory of proofmarks (BobB -  (16 May 2000))

Wiseman, John - SAS Survival Handbook (DJ - (21 November 2001))

Witton, George - Scapegoats of the Empire - The true story of Breaker Morant and the "Bushveld Carbineers" during the Second Anglo-Boer War. (TomC -  (11 January 2000))

Wolch, J. and Emel, J. - Animal Geographies; place, politics, and identity in the nature-culture borderlands. 1998. (LeeF - (23 January 2002)) (Also read Lee's comments)

Zinsser, Hans - Rats, Lice, and History.  On the concept of insect and arthropod-borne diseases, and the connection between fleas and plague. (TomC -  (06 December 1999))

Zutz, Din - The Double Shotgun: the history and development of the world's most classic sporting firearms, Winchester Press, 1978, ISBN 0-87691-272-2. (JonS - (04 January 2002))

Authors worth reading:


On dogs:

Outside of Beryl Markham and Dinesen, these are all Africa-tied or exploration or hunting-related: And women who passionately advanced an idea:

Articles:
 
 
 

Anderson, R. M. and May, R. M. - 1982 "Coevolution of hosts and parasites." in Parasitology 85: 411-426. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Brembs, B. - 1996 "Chaos, cheating and cooperation: potential solutions to the Prisoner's Dilemma." in Oikos 76:14-24. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Brooksby, JB. Wild animals and the epizootiology of Foot and Mouth Disease . Symp. Zool. Soc. Lond. No. 24: 1-11. (WarrenE - (23 January 2002))

Brown, J. M. and Wilson, D. S. - 1992 "Local specialization of phoretic mites on sympatric carrion beetle hosts." in Ecology 73: 463-478. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Chandler, M. and Cabana, G. - 1991 "Sexual dichromatism in North American freshwater fish: do parasites play a role?" in Oikos 60: 322-328. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Cichon, M. - 1996 "The evolution of brood parasitism: the role of facultative parasitism." in Behavioral Ecology 7: 137-139. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Cote, I.M., R. Poulin. - 1995 "Parasitism and group size in social animals: a meta-analysis." in Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 6: 159-165. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Davies, N. B. and Brooke, M. de L.:
    -    1989 "An experimental study of co-evolution between the cuckoo, Cuculus canoraus, and its hosts.  I.  Host egg discrimination." in J. Anim. Ecol. 58: 207-225. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))
    -    1989 "An experimental study of co-evolution between the cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, and its hosts.  II.  Host egg markings, chick discrimination and general discussion." in J. Anim. Ecol. 58: 225-236. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Eadie, J.M., and Fryxell, J.M. - 1992 "Density dependence, frequency dependence, and alternative nesting strategies of goldeneyes." in Am. Nat. 140(4): 621-641. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Ewald, P. W.:
    -    1983 "Host-parasite relations, vectors, and the evolution of disease severity." in Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 14: 465-485. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))
    -    1987 "Transmission modes and evolution of the parasitism-mutualism continuum." in Annals New York Academy of Sciences 803: 295-306. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Farrell, B.D. - 1998 "Inordinate fondness explained: why are there so many beetles" in Science 281: 555-559 (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Freeland, W.J. - 1976 "Pathogens and the evolution of primate sociality." in Biotropica 8(1): 12-24. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Gotmark, F. and Hohlfalt, A. - 1995 "Bright male plumage and predation risk in passerine birds: are males easier to detect than females." in O 74: 475-484. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Hamilton, W. D. and Zuk, M. - 1982 "Heritable true fitness and bright birds: a role for parasites?" in Science 218: 384-387. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Hanley, K.A., R.N. Fisher, and T.J. Case. - 1995 "Lower mite infestations in an asexual gecko compared with its sexual ancestors." in Evolution 49: 418-426. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Haraguchi, Y., and H. Seno. - 1995 "Mathematical model of the population dynamics of brood parasitism: what is the benefit for the host." in J. Theor. Biol. 174: 281-298. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Henter, H.J., and S. Via. - 1995 "The potential for coevolution in a host-parasitoid system.  I. Genetic variation within an aphid population in susceptability to a parasitic wasp." in Evolution 49: 427-438. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Hochberg, M.E., and R.D. Holt. - 1995 "Refuge evolution and the population dynamics of coupled host-parasitoid associations." in Evol. Ecol. 9: 633-661. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Howard, R.S., and Lively, C.M. - 1994 "Parasitism, mutation acculmulation and the maintenance of sex." in Nature 367: 554-556. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Jeffords, M. R., Sternburg, J. G., and Waldbauer, G. P. - 1979 "Batesian mimicry: field demonstration of the survival value of pipevine swallowtail and monarch color patterns." in Evolution 33: 275-286. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

John, J.L. - 1995 "Haematozoan parasites, mating systems and colorful plumages in songbirds." in Oikos 72: 395-401. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Joshi, A., and J.N. Thompson. - 1995 "Trade-offs and the evolution of host specialization." in Evol. Ecol. 9: 82-92. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Lanyon, S. M. - 1992 "Interspecific brood parasitism in blackbirds (Icterinae): a phylogenetic approach." in Science 255: 77-79. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Loehle, C.:
    -    1995 "Social barriers to pathogen transmission in wild animal populations" in ECOLOGY 76: 326-335 (BrentD - (22 January 2002))
    -    1997 "The pathogen transmission avoidance theory of sexual selection" in ECOLOGICAL MODELLING 103: 231-250 (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Longhurst, W. M., A. S. Leopold, and R. F. Dasmann. 1952. A survey of California deer herds. Their ranges and management problems. Calif. Dept. Fish and Game, Game Bull. 6:136. (WarrenE - (23 January 2002))

May, R. M. and Anderson, R. M. - 19?? "Parasite-host coevolution, Chapter 9, pages 186-206." in ???? (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Millspaugh, and Brundige - 1996 Wildlife Society Bulletin 24: 58-61 (BrentD - (22 January 2002))
        Article on elk measurements to "determine" live weight

Mopper, S., Beck, M., Simberloff, D., and Stiling, P. - 1995 "Local adaptation and agents of selection in a mobile insect." in Evolution 49: 810-815. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Ozaki, K. - 1995 "Intergall migration in aphids; a model and a test of ESS dispersal rate." in Evol. Ecol. 9: 542-549. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Petrie, M. and Moller, A.P. - 1991 "Laying eggs in others' nests: intraspecific brood parasitism in birds." in Trends Ecol. Evol. 6: 315-320. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Polak, M., and T.A. Markow. - 1995 "Effect of ectoparasitic mites on sexual selection in a Sonoran desert fruit fly." in Evolution 49: 660-669. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Poulin, R. and Vickery, W. L. - 1996 "Parasite-mediated sexual selection: just how choosy are parasitized females?" in Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 38: 43-50. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Rao, A. T. and L. N. Acharjyo. 1992. Pathology of naturally occuring diseases in deer at Nandankanan biological park. Pages 154 In: (Ed.Brown, R. D.) The Biology of Deer. Springer Verlag, New York. (WarrenE - (23 January 2002))

Rotenberry, J. T., Zuk, M., Simmons, L. W., and Hayes, C. - 1996 "Phonotactic parasitoids and cricket song structure:  an evaluation of alternative hypotheses." in Evol. Ecol. 10:  233-244. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Soler, M., J.J. Soler, J.G. Martinez and A.P. Moller.:
    -    1994 "Micro-evolutionary change in host response to a brood parasite." in Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 35(4): 295-302. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))
    -    1995 "Magpie host manipulation by great spotted cuckoos: evidence for an avian mafia?" in Evolution 49: 770-775. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Stamp, N. E. - 1981 "Behavior of parasitized aposematic catepillars: advantageous to the parasitoid or the host?" in Am. Nat. 118: 715-725. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Takasu, F., Kawasaki, K., Nakamura, H., Cohen, J., and Shigesada, N. - 1993 "Modeling the population dynamics of a cuckoo-host association and the evolution of host defenses." in Am. Nat. 142(5): 819-839. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Thompson, J.N., and Pellmyr, O. - 1992 "Mutualism with pollinating seed parasites amid co-pollinators: constraints on specialization." in Ecology 73: 1780-1791. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Trumbo, S.T. - 1994 "Interspecific competition, brood parasitism, and the evolution of biparental cooperation in burying beetles." in Oikos 69(2): 241-249. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Turner, J. R. G. - 1983 "Mimetic butterflies and punctuated equilibria: some old light on a new paradigm." in Biol. J. Linnean Soc. 20: 277-300. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Walther, B.A., Clayton, D.H., and Gregory, R.D. - 1999 "Showiness of Neotropical birds in relation to ectoparasite abundance and foraging stratum" in OIKOS 87: 157-165 (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Winfree, R. 1999 - "Cuckoos, cowbirds and the persistence of brood parisitism" in Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14: 338-342 (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Yamauchi, A. - 1995 "Theory of evolution of nest parasitism in birds.: in AN 145: 434-456. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Yezerinac, S.M., and P.J. Weatherhead. - 1995 "Plumage coloration, differential attraction of vectors and hematozoa infections in birds." in J. Anim. Ecol. 64: 528-537. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))

Zuk, M., Simmons, L.W., and Cupp, L. - 1993 "Calling characteristics of parasitized and unparasitized populations of the field cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus." in Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 33(5): 339-344. (BrentD - (22 January 2002))


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