Synopsis
Gordon MacQuarrie, best known for his Old Duck Hunters Association stories in popular outdoor magazines, was a full time outdoor columnist for the Milwaukee Journal from 1936 until his untimely death in 1956. This book, bearing the same name as his column, Right Off The Reel, contains 84 of his best columns. These deal with his early friends and hunts in northwest Wisconsin, his life with his neighbors at Middle Eau Claire Lake, Mister President (Al Peck) and conservation stories about Aldo Leopold, Ernie Swift, Sig Olson and others. Many of these columns are in fact rough drafts for the ODHA stories found in magazines or reprinted in The Old Duck Hunters trilogy or other books. All proceeds from this book will go to the Barnes (WI) Area Historical Association (BAHA), which supports a MacQuarrie Museum and library in the area of MacQuarrie's beloved cabin on Middle Eau Claire Lake.
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About the Author
Gordon MacQuarrie was born in 1900 in Superior, Wisconsin. After breaking into the newspaper business with the Superior Evening Telegram, he was recruited to the largest paper in the state, the Milwaukee Journal, as the nation's first full time outdoor columnist. He is best known for writing of the adventures of a two member organization, The Old Duck Hunters Association, of which his father-in-law, Al Peck was Mister President, and he was the membership. These stories appeared in the popular outdoor magazines of the day. They have been brought to a new generation of readers through republication in book form, in a trilogy of Old Duck Hunters stories. MacQuarrie wrote with warmth and humor, and a passion about truly living the outdoor experiences. He is one of a very few outdoor writers of that era to have books remaining available in print.
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