An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections

Carter, Jimmy

ISBN 10: 0553053019 / ISBN 13: 9780553053012

Published by Bantam Books, 1988

About this Item

First printing of the first edition. Signed by Jimmy Carter directly on the front-free-endpage. Book and dust jacket in fine condition. Seller Inventory # 023023

Bibliographic Details

Title: An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and ...

Publisher: Bantam Books

Publication Date: 1988

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Jess Keller (Cover Photo); Barbara N. Cohen

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

The former president embarks on an intimate journey through seasons marked by fishing, hunting, and hiking, from his boyhood in Plains, Georgia, to his tenure in the White House and his post-presidential days

Reviews:

Carter regards fly-fishing as one of the most gratifying activities of his life; he devotes half of this journal to that noble sport. Fishin' and huntin' were basic skills for boys in the rural South; in the Depression era, fish and game provided food and were recognized as farm produce. The former President reminisces about his childhood in Plains, Ga.fishing with his daddy and learning to hunt, encounters with rattlesnakes and getting lost in the woods. He charts his and his wife's progress in fly-fishing and takes us on piscatorial peregrinations to Camp David, Japan, New Zealand, Europe; every journey had to allow for a few hours or days with the rod. This memoir has something for venators, too, as the author discourses on game birds: the elusive ruffed grouse, the turkey and the bobwhite. There is one digression from sporting activities when the Carters join a trekking tour to Nepal; the weather was terrible, and many of the group suffered from altitude sickness. Finally, Carter describes the family's mountain retreat in North Georgia. This book is the work of a contented man.
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