Hunting Book Reviews

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Hunting Books

Ever looked at a book dealer's catalogue and wondered if a particular title would be of interest? Even worse, ever bought a hunting book on the strength of a recommendation made in a review only to discover that the reviewer knew nothing of the chase? This page seeks to put that right.

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The reviews are not arranged in any particular order at present, but as the page grows an index will be added. Links are given to Amazon.co.uk. To order a book, click on the Amazon link to the right of each entry.

Fox, Fin and Feather	Henry Hooker	Amazon
Mr. Hooker is an excellent writer and his stories are never mean, but manage to poke fun nicely.....(often at himself). While many of the people and places mentioned are American, there are some lovely stories about shooting in England....... If you find reading too much trouble he sells a CD of the book which, given his lovely Tennesee accent, should just make the book better. (Review from Mary - thank you).		America (Derrydale)

Outfoxed

Rita Mae Brown

ISBN 0 345 42818 8 Amazon

Ballantine Books; 2000

When the Country Went to Town

Duff Hart-Davis

ISBN 1 900 31806 7 Amazon

Excellent Press (London)

Young Entry

Keane, Molly

ISBN 0 860 68681 7 Amazon

Molly Keane began her writing career under the pseudonym M.J. Farrell. A member of a Anglo-Irish family she recounts in "ripping-yarn" style aspects of what must have been her own youth. The hunting content is slight but the theme runs through the book which is a charming and innocent evocation of a lost age.

Virago (London)

Field Sports and the Countryside

Maclaren, Lowes

ISBN 0 952 36283 X Amazon

Baily's (London)

The Hunting Gene

Robin Page

ISBN 0 905 23216 X Amazon

In these politically correct times of ours Robin Page, a man with over 30 previous books to his credit, could not find a publisher for this one! So, with the help of a couple of hundred subscribers, he published it himself. The result? A cogent defence of hunting that is beholden to nobody and pulls no punches.

Merlin Unwin Books 1999

On Hunting

Roger Scruton

ISBN 0 224 05153 9 Amazon

Excellent and very readable personal account and philosophy - a "must read".

Yellow Jersey Press,
Random House (London) 1998

Animal Rights and Wrongs

Roger Scruton

ISBN 1 898 30919 1 Amazon

Once again Scruton applies his incisive mind to produce a telling critique of the Animal Rights movement.

Demos 1999

Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man

Seigfrid Sassoon

ISBN 0 571 20028 1 Amazon

A genuine classic. Sassoon uses the form of a novel to decribe aspects of his own youth. With wickedly amusing insights he never fails to describe the way in which the sport runs in the veins of the fox hunting man.

Faber and Faber (London)

Outfoxed	Rita Mae Brown	ISBN 0 345 42818 8 Amazon
		Ballantine Books; 2000

When the Country Went to Town	Duff Hart-Davis	ISBN 1 900 31806 7 Amazon
		Excellent Press (London)

Young Entry	Keane, Molly	ISBN 0 860 68681 7 Amazon
Molly Keane began her writing career under the pseudonym M.J. Farrell. A member of a Anglo-Irish family she recounts in "ripping-yarn" style aspects of what must have been her own youth. The hunting content is slight but the theme runs through the book which is a charming and innocent evocation of a lost age.		Virago (London)

Field Sports and the Countryside	Maclaren, Lowes	ISBN 0 952 36283 X Amazon
		Baily's (London)

The Hunting Gene	Robin Page	ISBN 0 905 23216 X Amazon
In these politically correct times of ours Robin Page, a man with over 30 previous books to his credit, could not find a publisher for this one! So, with the help of a couple of hundred subscribers, he published it himself. The result? A cogent defence of hunting that is beholden to nobody and pulls no punches.		Merlin Unwin Books 1999

On Hunting	Roger Scruton	ISBN 0 224 05153 9 Amazon
Excellent and very readable personal account and philosophy - a "must read".		Yellow Jersey Press, Random House (London) 1998

Animal Rights and Wrongs	Roger Scruton	ISBN 1 898 30919 1 Amazon
Once again Scruton applies his incisive mind to produce a telling critique of the Animal Rights movement.		Demos 1999

Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man	Seigfrid Sassoon	ISBN 0 571 20028 1 Amazon
A genuine classic. Sassoon uses the form of a novel to decribe aspects of his own youth. With wickedly amusing insights he never fails to describe the way in which the sport runs in the veins of the fox hunting man.		Faber and Faber (London)