Bill Heavey
For nearly a decade, Bill Heavey, an outdoorsman marooned in suburbia, has written the â€œSportsmanâ€™s Lifeâ€ column on the back page of ,Field & Stream,, where he does for hunting and fishing what David Feherty does for golf and Lewis Grizzard did for the South. His work is adored by readersâ€”one proclaims him â€œthe greatest sportswriter who has ever walked the planet,â€ and another recently wrote in to nominate him for president of the United States in 2008â€”and his peers have recognized his work with two prestigious National Magazine Award nominations. ,If You Didnâ€™t Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat?, is the first collection of Heaveyâ€™s sidesplitting observations on life as a hardcore (but often hapless) outdoorsman. Whether heâ€™s hunting cougars in the southwest desert, scheming to make his five-year-old daughter fall in love with fishing, or chronicling his fatherâ€™s slow decline through the lens of the numerous dogs heâ€™s owned over seventy-five years, Heavey is a master at blending humor and pathosâ€”and wide-ranging outdoor enthusiasms that run the gamut from elite to ordinaryâ€”into a poignant and potent cocktail. Funny, warmhearted, and supremely entertaining, this book is an uproarious addition to the literature of the outdoors.
Humor,Nonfiction,Nature,Outdoors,Adult,Autobiography,Memoir,Travel
If You Didn't Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat?: Misadventures in Hunting, Fishing, and the Wilds of Suburbia