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River Spell
The secluded river and soul-quieting snow…together they would cast just the right spell for losing himself while regaining a sense of belonging. Day 1: I am all by myself in the canoe, maybe on this whole river given the time of year and the fact that for days...![Visions from the Veldt – Kim Donaldson](https://sportingclassicsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/VisionsFromVeldt120222a-1080x675.jpg)
Visions from the Veldt – Kim Donaldson
A touchstone of Donaldson’s work is his ability to translate the feeling one gets in encountering tremendous volumes of open space. Kim Donaldson could do nothing to prevent his eyelids from closing. His mind was drifting in and out of fitful sleep and his body,...![A Prayer from Dark Timber](https://sportingclassicsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/PrayerFromDarkTimber112322a-1080x666.jpg)
A Prayer from Dark Timber
The wisdom of the father, the wonder of the son, Wander together, ’til this life is done- And comes time to remember, all that was one. As I lie dying, if I’ve yet the mind to know, Where I’ve been, and how I came, and why I’ll hate to go, Then...![Top Ten Hunting and Fishing Books](https://sportingclassicsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/6234.jpg)
Top Ten Hunting and Fishing Books
From conservation and historical accounts to fictional adventures, these books make for great reading whenever the season. If you’ve completed this list, make sure you browse our entire selection. Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and...![Joshua Spies the Wide World](https://sportingclassicsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/JoshuaSpies093022b-1080x675.jpg)
Joshua Spies the Wide World
For Joshua Spies, it’s about payback. Across the lonesome, windblown prairie of northern mid-America, locals know him simply as “the kid.” On this morning, the prodigal artistic son of Watertown, South Dakota, stands in his studio surrounded by six...![Night Sweats](https://sportingclassicsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/NightSweats092922b2-1080x675.jpg)
Night Sweats
It is important for a man to do a thing well, even if it is killing. The honor of a feat is the measure of how you do it…And what was the truth of me? To hell with Bob Ruark. To blazes with Hemingway, Capstick, Percival, Boddington, the whole and bunch of them....![In Pursuit of Papa](https://sportingclassicsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/in-pursuit-of-papa.jpg)
In Pursuit of Papa
Tracing Hemingway’s footsteps through his fishing days in Bimini.
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Under the Volcano
Fly fishing for sailfish and tarpon in Costa Rica . . . until the earthquake comes and the tsunami hits.
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When Nearly Everyone Was a Hunter
There was an era in which Main Street, Hollywood, and pro athletes all came together in the gamefields of America. Will it ever come again?