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A Southern Sportsman: The Hunting Memoirs of Henry Edwards Davis
Henry Edwards Davis
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Description for A Southern Sportsman: The Hunting Memoirs of Henry Edwards Davis
Hardcover. Henry Edwards Davis (1879-1966) began his hunting adventures as a boy riding in the saddle with his father on foxhunts and deer drives in the company of Confederate cavalry veterans. This memoir offers an account of a time before paved roads and river-spanning bridges had penetrated the rural stretches of Williamsburg and Florence counties. Editor(s): Moise, Ben McC. Num Pages: 440 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; BM; WSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 726.
This book presents tales of pursuing turkeys, deer, ducks, and partridges through the fields, forests, and swamps of South Carolina. Henry Edwards Davis (1879-1966) began his hunting adventures as a boy riding in the saddle with his father on foxhunts and deer drives in the company of Confederate cavalry veterans. Born on Hickory Grove Plantation in Williamsburg County, South Carolina, Davis developed his taste for the hunt at an early age. In later years he became a renowned sportsman and expert on sporting firearms. His collection of Southern hunting tales is being published for the first time after a four-decade-long ... Read more
This book presents tales of pursuing turkeys, deer, ducks, and partridges through the fields, forests, and swamps of South Carolina. Henry Edwards Davis (1879-1966) began his hunting adventures as a boy riding in the saddle with his father on foxhunts and deer drives in the company of Confederate cavalry veterans. Born on Hickory Grove Plantation in Williamsburg County, South Carolina, Davis developed his taste for the hunt at an early age. In later years he became a renowned sportsman and expert on sporting firearms. His collection of Southern hunting tales is being published for the first time after a four-decade-long ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
South Carolina, United States
ISBN
9781570038631
SKU
V9781570038631
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Ref
99-3
About Henry Edwards Davis
Ben McC. Moise was a conservation officer with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources from 1978 to 2002. He has been awarded the Guy Bradley Award by the North American Fish and Wildlife Foundation in 1990 and South Carolina's highest civilian honor, the Order of the Palmetto. Moise is a freelance contributor to the Charleston Post and Courier, Charleston ... Read more
Reviews for A Southern Sportsman: The Hunting Memoirs of Henry Edwards Davis
"If you've spent any time in the turkey woods, Davis's hunting memoirs should be required reading. His tales and descriptions of hunting, calling, and dogging are not only entertaining but provide a window into the turkey scene of yesteryear. Through Davis's words, you can almost smell the South Carolina dawn and hear him yelp on his box caller. His detailed ... Read more