[MarketHunter]

I believe the "assortment of materials" and Nash's mention of a final book were the box of "stuff" that later went into the autobiography. If memory serves, it was given by or purchased from the family by an actor then put together into a book finally.

The "Letters to John Bailey" book is literally that, letters that he's written to Bailey that Bailey held on to.

What I'm talking about is all the correspondence and other various paper that Buckingham most assuredly had saved over the years. Manuscripts of his published works, letters from friends, that sort of thing. Maybe he didn't save it like I assume he did, or maybe it was all tossed upon his death. They had moved when Irma got sick to be closer to their daughter, so maybe most of that stuff got trashed rather than moved with them.

Chub Andrews ended up with a lot of personal possessions of Nash's but I don't believe he got any paper. He had Bo-Whoop #2, a duck boat, some decoys, one of the Beaver Dam record books, some duck calls and other various gear that I'm aware of. Bo-Whoop #2 was sold by him in later life then given to Ducks Unlimited by the buyer, some of the other items also ended up with DU but knowing Chub they were sold rather than given. He had a bunch of plastic Tigrette Industries mallard decoys he claimed were Nash's that he'd painted his initials on the bottom of. He sold those one by one over the years to interested parties. He's passed away now, though I knew him slightly and had chatted with him about Buckingham on a couple of occasions.

He rode that "last hunting companion of Nash Buckingham" thing pretty hard and wasn't real popular around the Tunica area. Mike Boyd tells a hilarious story about being in his fathers duck blind hunting with a buddy and Chub coming up in a boat trying to run him out of it saying they were trespassing in "his duck blind". When young Mike explained that he was the owner of the blinds son, Chub got back in his boat without a word and took off through the swamp like lightening had struck. The owner of the Blue and White tells a good one about Chub coming in saying he wanted to have an event to celebrate Nash's life and present them with a print he'd done to honor his memory. The event came off, Chub waxed nostalgic about his days hunting with his ol' buddy Nash and presented this framed print to the owner saying how much he appreciated all the good times he and Nash had having breakfast in there over the years. A few days later a bill for the the print and it's framing arrived from Chub even though during the presentation he said it was a gift. The owner never replied or paid for it though, and I believe it still hangs in there today.