Aleck Maury, sportsman - Hardcover

Gordon, Caroline

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 081540400X ISBN 13: 9780815404002

Publisher: Cooper Square Publishers, 1971

Synopsis

This sporting novel looks into the complicated heart and soul of a passionately devoted outsdoorsman. Aleck Maury is a teacher and scholar whose pursuit of sport comes at the expense of his career, and often, his family. Maury elevates the techniques of shooting and angling into an art form.

About this title

About the Author

Caroline Gordon, who was the wife of Al­len Tate, is the author of a number of novels, including The Malefactors and The Glory of Hera. She has been, and remains, a disciple of “The Master,” Henry James.

Review

“Gordon writes with infinite care, almost reverence. Not for her the mistake of so many authors who—in their attempts to make sport stand for something larger—lose sight of their subjects altogether. With her eye for the outdoors in all its variety, Gordon tells us, for example, how to bait a fishing hole with corn bread, how to teach a bird dog to ‘hunt dead.’ It may be arcane informa­tion, but it is imparted with such zest that most readers will find themselves pulled into Maury’s world.”—Sports Illustrated

“Obviously, no brief summary can do justice to Caroline Gordon’s masterful use of first person narrator point of view, or her amazing knowledge of sport (the book is practically a guide to the subject), or her descriptions of Southern culture, or any of the other elements that make Aleck Maury such a memorable work.”

—Dallas Morning News

Edition details

• Publisher: Cooper Square Publishers
• Publication date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 081540400X
• ISBN 13: 9780815404002
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 287