OK, so some don't appreciate Nash's style or interpretation of Negro dialect. However, he wrote about real people, real places, real guns, real dogs, and backed it up with real shooting, both at competition clay targets, pigeons, and waterfowl. Bird shooting is a lesser accomplishment, so I didn't include it. In addition, Nash left his artifacts behind, for us to enjoy. The Award Gun, Bo Whoop, and maybe others. He was also a legendery field trial judge who wrote of great field trial champions. His recollection of American waterfowling before the turn of the twentieth century is about the only such recollection written about by someone who was alive during our lifetimes. There is a boxed edition of the reprints alluded to in this thread. I found a set a while ago and find it very interesting. Thanks to a member of one of our collecting groups, we now know the true identity of "Doc", the hunting partner of Marse Henry and Nash. To add another anecdote, the last unopened case of Super-X Lubaloy 3", 1 3/8 ounce #4s sent to "Marse Henry" by John Olin, the month that Nash lost the big gun, has been added to a Fox collection. Nash has my vote for the most interesting writer of his time.
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