Parker Gun Collectors Association Forums  

Go Back   Parker Gun Collectors Association Forums Parker Forums Parker Paper, Memorabilia and Books

Notices

Reply
Thread Tools Display Modes
Not a Parker book, but...
Unread 12-10-2019, 09:11 PM   #1
Member
Phil Yearout
PGCA Member
 
Phil Yearout's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,210
Thanks: 5,060
Thanked 3,998 Times in 1,059 Posts

Default Not a Parker book, but...

Garry Gordon PM'd me; seems he'd been rummaging around an antique mall in Minnesota and had found a book he thought I might be interested in hearing about, a copy of American Duck, Goose and Brant Shooting by Dr. William Bruette. Now, I'm not a waterfowler, but as soon as he told be about the book I knew I had to have it. You see, the book plate showed that it was owned by Lewis E. Yearout; in fact, he notated it: Master Sergeant, Marshall Field, Fort Riley, Kansas, 15 September 1947. I was just about nine months old when he wrote that. It took a few phone calls and a bit of effort, but finally the book arrived today. Typical of books of that era it's a fine book and beautifully illustrated.

Lewis and my dad were first cousins, and the stories about him are way too numerous to relate here. Suffice to say he retired as a Major and that he founded the Winchester Arms Collectors Association and the Montana Arms Collectors Association and was a major Colt and Winchester collector.

Sadly I only stumbled on Lewis very late in his life when I ran across a book he'd written about Royal Mounted Police carbines. We traded a few letters but he was already sick and passed a few months later. My dad was not one to talk much about such things and he wasn't particularly close to his extended family; I learned more family history from Lewis in those few letters about names I'd only heard in passing than I ever learned from dad.

Sorry for the ramble, but I just wanted to thank Garry publicly for thinking of me; I'm so thrilled to have the book on my shelves!







And his carbine book...

__________________
It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so. - Mark Twain.
Phil Yearout is online now   Reply With Quote
Unread 12-10-2019, 10:05 PM   #2
Member
Randy Roberts
PGCA Lifetime
Member
 
Randy G Roberts's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 2,885
Thanks: 4,413
Thanked 5,594 Times in 1,840 Posts

Default

Not a ramble at all Phil to use your terminology. Always nice to hear about the good things that happen amongst the folks that hang out here. Thanks!
Randy G Roberts is online now   Reply With Quote
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to Randy G Roberts For Your Post:
Unread 12-10-2019, 10:13 PM   #3
Member
Mills
PGCA Lifetime Member
Since 3rd Grade
 
Mills Morrison's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 10,302
Thanks: 14,183
Thanked 12,306 Times in 4,411 Posts

Default

That is cool
Mills Morrison is online now   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Mills Morrison For Your Post:
Unread 12-10-2019, 10:28 PM   #4
Member
Dean Romig
PGCA Invincible
Life Member
 
Dean Romig's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 31,557
Thanks: 35,430
Thanked 33,039 Times in 12,321 Posts

Default

Good stuff!!





.
__________________
"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."

George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
Dean Romig is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Dean Romig For Your Post:
Unread 12-10-2019, 10:30 PM   #5
Member
Mills
PGCA Lifetime Member
Since 3rd Grade
 
Mills Morrison's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 10,302
Thanks: 14,183
Thanked 12,306 Times in 4,411 Posts

Default

Very cool find
Mills Morrison is online now   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Mills Morrison For Your Post:
Unread 12-10-2019, 10:36 PM   #6
Member
Garth Gustafson
PGCA Member
 
Garth Gustafson's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 598
Thanks: 1,699
Thanked 1,345 Times in 372 Posts

Default

Great story Phil. Lewis would be very pleased.
Garth Gustafson is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Garth Gustafson For Your Post:
Unread 12-11-2019, 07:58 AM   #7
Member
OH Osthaus
PGCA Lifetime
Member
 
Rick Losey's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 7,797
Thanks: 1,641
Thanked 8,138 Times in 3,254 Posts

Default

i like the bookplate

nice find
__________________
"If there is a heaven it must have thinning aspen gold, and flighting woodcock, and a bird dog" GBE
Rick Losey is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Rick Losey For Your Post:
Unread 12-11-2019, 08:09 AM   #8
Member
mobirdhunter
PGCA Lifetime
Member
 
Garry L Gordon's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 4,649
Thanks: 13,082
Thanked 9,469 Times in 3,042 Posts

Default

I'm so glad that book found its rightful "home."
__________________
“Every day I wonder how many things I am dead wrong about.”
― Jim Harrison
"'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy)
Garry L Gordon is online now   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Garry L Gordon For Your Post:
Unread 12-11-2019, 08:26 PM   #9
Member
Reggie B
PGCA Lifetime
Member
 
Reggie Bishop's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 2,490
Thanks: 2,936
Thanked 3,436 Times in 1,366 Posts

Default

Thanks for sharing a special story.
__________________
"A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way."
Reggie Bishop is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Reggie Bishop For Your Post:
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:38 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 1998 - 2023, Parkerguns.org
Copyright © 2004 Design par Megatekno
- 2008 style update 3.7 avec l'autorisation de son auteur par Stradfred.