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The World s Greatest Shooting Stories brings together for the first time all the most hilarious, extraordinary and bizarre tales from more than two hundred years of sporting shooting from around the world. Given the huge popularity of the sport there are stories of big game hunting in Africa and India during the 19th century; tales from the Wild West of America; grouse shooting on Edwardian English moors; rough shooting and wildfowling; tales of poachers and diverse tales from eccentric Royals to Russian secret servicemen. All the great shooting characters of the past are well represented. Everyone who enjoys shooting would agree that the next best thing to being out there is reading about it which is where this book comes in, a wonderful collection of stories for modern Guns about the lighter side of the history of the sport.
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Tom Quinn has written many books about the history of the English countryside as well as books on shooting, and fishing. He edits a number of magazines including The countryman and is the editor of Country Landowner. His previous titles for Quiller include Heaven upon Earth ISBN 978-1-904057-67-3 and Collecting Fishing Tackle ISBN 978-0-948253-68-3.
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The World's Greatest Shooting Stories
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. - Stories of big-game hunting in Africa and India in the nineteenth century, Edwardian pheasant and grouse shooting, and sport in the modern world - Great shooting characters of the past--men like Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey and Colonel Peter Hawker The World's Greatest Shooting Stories is a collection of remarkable true-life tales from across the world, focusing on the past two hundred years of sporting shooting. This delightful book covers wildfowling tales, stories of poachers, inexplicable incidents, ghostly happenings, and one in a million shots. Everything from Russian secret service sportsmen who took pot shots at the beaters to American diplomats who went wildfowling by helicopter. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR003702220
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THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHOOTING STORIES. Edited by By Tom Quinn.
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Quiller. Wykey, Shropshire. 2010, 2010
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2010). 2010 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp144. B/w illustrations taken from old engravings. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. Slight bump to top edge / slight mark to rear board else a very good copy. Tom Quinn's latest book "brings together for the first time all the most hilarious, extraordinary and bizarre tales of sporting shooting from around the world. Given the huge popularity of the sport there are stories of big game hunting in Africa and India during the 19th century; tales from the Wild West of America; grouse moors; rough shooting and wildfowling; tales of poachers and diverse tales from eccentric Royals to Russian secret servicemen. All the great shooting characters of the past are well represented." . Seller Inventory # 51254