I really enjoyed Art Wheaton's piece in the recent PP about the relationship between George Bird Evans and Dr. Charles Norris. As I told Art, I have both
The Upland Shooting Life and
Eastern Upland Shooting in my little library but I admit I've never read EUS and have spent only cursory time with TUSL. I mean to rectify that. Art also mentioned
Recollections of a Shooting Guest which intrigued me; went looking and found that copies of that tome were mostly above my pay grade, or at least what I want to pay for a book. However, I stumbled on a copy on the bay which seemed somewhat reasonable, made what I thought was a rather ridiculous offer, and was surprised that the seller accepted! I'm reading it now and really enjoying it; a glimpse into a shooting life that we'll never see again, but more importantly a look at a really beautiful relationship among a group of people with similar interests and passions.
