Gordon MacQuarrie

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The Story of an Old Duck Hunter

Keith Crowley

The first full-length biography of a journalist, storyteller, husband, father, outdoorsman, conservationist, and literary legend.

208 pages, 6 x 9, 28 b&w photos
Paperback: $26.95 | ISBN: 978-0-87020-344-2
Ebook: $15.99 | ISBN: 978-0-87020-534-7
Publication Date: 5/12/2003

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Description

Although his typewriter has been silent for more than seventy years, Gordon MacQuarrie’s words continue to inspire generations of hunting and fishing enthusiasts. His Stories of the Old Duck Hunters uniquely captured the intangible, emotional qualities of the outdoor life, giving him an audience, and a legend, that continues to grow. Gordon MacQuarrie: The Story of an Old Duck Hunter is the first full-length biography of this literary legend.

This insightful biography explores the relationships MacQuarrie nurtured and treasured; records his coming of age during Theodore Roosevelt’s Conservation Movement; documents his rise to national prominence as the first full-time, professional outdoor writer in America; and follows his life as journalist, storyteller, husband, father, outdoorsman, and conservationist. Complete with rarely seen photographs and a comprehensive timeline of his writings, this book is a fitting companion to MacQuarrie’s own Stories of the Old Duck Hunters anthologies.

Author Bios

Keith Crowley is an award-winning writer and photographer. The author of three full-length books on the outdoors, his stories and photos about nature, travel, adventure, hunting, fishing, and shooting sports have appeared in Meateater, Field & Stream, Outdoor Life, Sports Afield, American Hunter, National Geographic Explorer, Ducks Unlimited, Peterson's Hunting, Sporting Classics, Bugle Magazine; mainstream media outlets such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the London Times, Newsweek, Paris Match, Strung Magazine; and many other publications worldwide.