Grouse and Lesser Gods

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Summary: A series of sentimental essays with a hunting theme
Review: This is a 207-page series of stories about hunting ruffed grouse over the last 40 or so years in rural Minnesota. The author is a small-town attorney who has had a lifelong passion for hunting ruffed grouse, and has hunted his coverts with some of today's most famous upland wingshooters. This is a series of eighteen essays, not a how-to book about grouse hunting or a natural history of grouse. It includes about 26 nice B&W drawings, mainly of grouse, by Bob White. White's work has been published in magazines such as Gray's Sporting Journal and Shooting Sportsman. Lundrigan has published stories under the pen name Ted Nelson in magazines such as Shooting Sportsman, Sporting Classics, and Pointing Dog Journal.

I thoroughly enjoyed the author's previous book, "Hunting the Sun." I wrote a favorable review of it on Amazon, and have given several copies of it to good friends. "Grouse and Lesser Gods" is much more sentimental and less artistic. Only a few of the chapters, notably the last one, have the outstanding, visionary resonance that is common throughout "Hunting the Sun." I will not be buying copies of "Grouse and Lesser Gods" for friends.

Rating:
Summary: A series of sentimental essays with a hunting theme
Review: This is a 207-page series of stories about hunting ruffed grouse over the last 40 or so years in rural Minnesota. The author is a small-town attorney who has had a lifelong passion for hunting ruffed grouse, and has hunted his coverts with some of today's most famous upland wingshooters. This is a series of eighteen essays, not a how-to book about grouse hunting or a natural history of grouse. It includes about 26 nice B&W drawings, mainly of grouse, by Bob White. White's work has been published in magazines such as Gray's Sporting Journal and Shooting Sportsman. Lundrigan has published stories under the pen name Ted Nelson in magazines such as Shooting Sportsman, Sporting Classics, and Pointing Dog Journal.

I thoroughly enjoyed the author's previous book, "Hunting the Sun." I wrote a favorable review of it on Amazon, and have given several copies of it to good friends. "Grouse and Lesser Gods" is much more sentimental and less artistic. Only a few of the chapters, notably the last one, have the outstanding, visionary resonance that is common throughout "Hunting the Sun." I will not be buying copies of "Grouse and Lesser Gods" for friends.