Aleck Maury, Sportsman - Softcover

Gordon, Caroline

4.16

31 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820318663 ISBN 13: 9780820318660

Publisher: Univ of Georgia Pr, 1996

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In the tradition of Hemingway and Faulkner, this sporting novel looks into the complicated heart and soul of a passionately devoted outdoorsman. Aleck Maury is a teacher and scholar whose pursuit of sport comes at the expense of his career, and often, his family. Gaining deep satisfaction in the rituals and techniques of angling and shooting, Maury elevates to an art form what to most is a pastime. To pursue the mysteries of blood and death, nature and solitude, he endures almost any hardship.
In his own words Maury recalls his childhood, courtship and marriage, the loss of loved ones, and his final years. Along the way, his story is filled with fascinating digressions into the woods and mountains of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee where his fly-fishing and quail shooting adventures unfold, all of them filled with hunting lore and keen observations on nature and animal behavior.

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About the Author:

JAMES KILGO (1941-2002) wrote extensively about nature, the landscape, and our connections to them. His books include Daughter of My People, Deep Enough for Ivorybills, and Colors of Africa (all Georgia).

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 informa�tion, 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

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