Skinner's Tale, The - Hardcover

Nicholson, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0811719391 ISBN 13: 9780811719391

Publisher: Stackpole Books, 1991

Synopsis

This is Jericho Walker's story, the story of an old black man who skins the deer other people have killed. He's seen it all and heard it all, and if he had the education and the desire, these would be the stories he'd tell.

Through old family secrets, opinions, gossip, and history we learn about Jericho's family and the family of Boss Bishop, the white landowner he works for,

This is a richly woven story filled with lovingly depicted characters and arresting descriptions of the land, hunting, and the South.

About this title

About the Author:

Charles Nicholson's work has been published in Field & Stream, Sports Afield, Southern Outdoors, Shooting Sportsman, and Gray's Sporting Journal.

From Library Journal:

Cousins Boss Bishop and Doc Dupriest own hundreds of acres of virgin Alabama swamp and woodlands, home to the finest deer and largest water moccasins in the South. Sixteen short stories set near Boss's lodge on the edge of the swamp focus on the rites of the hunt and the therapeutic values of its ritual. A 12-year-old stalks a deer with his first shotgun--a family relic passed from father to son. A groom shows up for his wedding late and muddy, following an all-nighter in the swamp. A man retreats to his childhood home to hunt deer and sort out his failing life and marriage. An old black man relives his most terrible moment while dressing deer for a party of weekend hunters. Some of the stories have appeared separately in outdoor magazines. Together they blend into a loving portrait of the rural South that will hold special appeal for male readers.
- Thomas L. Kilpatrick, Southern Illinois Univ. at Carbondale Lib.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0811719391
• ISBN 13: 9780811719391
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256