What's in your library

[jungleboy]

I thought it might be interesting for for us to list some favorite hunting / outdoors books we have read and enjoyed . I am always looking for another good read as I am sure many here are . this could be a great reference in the search for the next good book

Shot's at whitetails

Big bucks the Benoit way

Forty years with the 45 70

Instinctive shooting by Fred Asbel

There are 4 off the top of my head that I have really enjoyed and often go back to reread when the mood strikes.

[sureshot]

Think I have every book ever written about Albert Johnson.

Andy

[Twisted Canuck]

The Old Man & the Sea......Hemingway. Great book.

[TreeGuy]

'Diver just lent me his Fifty Shades of Gay collection. Just spelled wrong or just plain wrong? :D

[Arctic]

"Alaskan Yukon Trophies won & Lost", ...........a genuine classic for any hunter.

[IR_mike]

'Diver just lent me his Fifty Shades of Gay collection. Just spelled wrong or just plain wrong? :D

Please dont post any of the hand writing on the inside covers or footnotes at the bottom of the pages.

[Forest Techer]

The Old Man & the Sea......Hemingway. Great book.

Ever read dangerous summer? My favourite hemmingway read. Non fiction. Following his favourite bullfighters across Spain. Enjoyable.

A voyage for madmen. Excellent read for many outdoorsmen who spend a lot of time alone in the wilderness. It's about a solo unassisted boat race around the world that happened by accident sort of.

[Twisted Canuck]

Ever read dangerous summer? My favourite hemmingway read. Non fiction. Following his favourite bullfighters across Spain. Enjoyable.

I haven't read that one, no. I have read through most of his works, some several times. For Whom the Bell Tolls is probably my favorite. I will have to track that one down and read it. Thanks.

[jungleboy]

A voyage for madmen. Excellent read for many outdoorsmen who spend a lot of time alone in the wilderness. It's about a solo unassisted boat race around the world that happened by accident sort of.


I just finished that book too very good.

[countrykid]

Dad has a gazillion (that's the technical term) books in the basement which I'll have to read one day. One that I have read that pertains to hunting is called "Swiftwater". I cannot remember the author but it is a really good book nonetheless.

[omega50]

Anything by Sid Marty

http://www.canrockbooks.com/?page=shop/browse&fsb=1&searchby=author&keyword=Marty%2C+Sid

Men for the Mountains is my fav- but all great Alberta stories.

[catnthehat]

I also have a mess of technical stuff
American Rifle design by Wollack,
the Accurate Rifle by Page
The ultimate in Rifle accuracy - the one written in the 50's
Hatcher's notebook, of course

The ultimate in varmint rifle accuracy
Postition rifle shooting

Shoot to live
Shotguns and shotguning
the book of shotguns
about 3 volumes of Cartridges of the World
Can't remember them all.
I also have some historical novels, many by Eckert, they used to scare the crap out of me when I was young- the Frontiersman was the first one I read about Simon Kenton.
Cat

[silver]

My library has Ruark, Capstick, Paul Mathews, Ken Waters, John Taylor, Gen. Julian Hatcher, John D MacDonald, Andy Russel, Dick Francis and Donald Hamilton. I have stacks of books on cooking, guns and gun repair, motorcycles and motorcycle repair, vehicle repair, house renovations and construction, gold mines and panning, welding and machining, and some history books. These are the ones that are easy to categorize, there are a lot more that dont fit into a group.

Now, if I could just find the phone number of my book dealer in S'toon, I could make arrangements to meet him and get my reading fix.

[Acesneights]

Horses, hitches and rocky trails by Joe Back
First edition and signed
Just one of many in my library but that one stands out and is a great book.

[rugatika]

A librarian.

[Ken07AOVette]

Metallurgy.

Welding essentials.

Machinist handbook.

Basics of fly tying.

Old copies of playboy. Not kidding, 20-30 years old, back when WWBirds was still a functioning member of society :sHa_sarcasticlol:

Photography 101.

[bb356]

Metallurgy.

Welding essentials.

Machinist handbook.

Basics of fly tying.

Old copies of playboy. Not kidding, 20-30 years old, back when WWBirds was still a functioning member of society :sHa_sarcasticlol:

Photography 101.

Are the page's stuck together ??? :sHa_sarcasticlol:

[Ken07AOVette]

Are the page's stuck together ??? :sHa_sarcasticlol:

They are! I found out you can not have the welding books out while you are grinding. :sign0176:

[IR_mike]

They are! I found out you can not have the welding books out while you are grinding. :sign0176:

:lol::lol:

X2

Long story not worth retelling here.

Fire is bad.

[Ken07AOVette]

:lol::lol:

X2

Long story not worth retelling here.

Fire is bad.

Noooooooo....

Get back in here and share with the group :)

[pikergolf]

Everything that Pat Mcmannus ever wrote,and some Gene Hill and Bob Scammel.

[IR_mike]

Noooooooo....

Get back in here and share with the group :)

Helping dad do modifications on swather when young (grade 3-4) that involved a grinder.

I was holding he was grindeing.......I smelt grass smoke as it smells different than ground hot metal.

Still not sure if it was something in the old 5 gallon pails of whatever the former farm owner had in the little junk pile or old dry grass, but found out later in life why they use spark watches in industry.

No loss of property but lots of panic and yelling.

[BlackHeart]

'Diver just lent me his Fifty Shades of Gay collection. Just spelled wrong or just plain wrong? :D

That's quite the book club for directional drillers, you've joined. :) ;)

[MtnGiant]

Fishing and Hunting regs.
Firearms regs and apllicable laws.
Flies of Alberta
Maps of AB
Mushrooms of the wild
Botany of N America
etc....

this is what I read when I'm not reading the ever so entertaining comments on this AO Forum

[lone wolf]

Patrick McManus
Peter Capstick
Andy Russell
Roderick Haig-Brown
Pierre Berton


Also recently had fourteen boxes of books shipped from my late father's estate. Still trying to organize and categorize them................. a ton dealing with WW1, especially the Battle of the Somme where his father (my grandfather) witnessed the brutality of trench warfare. Also an entire bookcase dedicated to Irish lierature & Irish history.

[lone wolf]

Patrick McManus
Peter Capstick
Andy Russell
Roderick Haig-Brown
Pierre Berton
Dick Turner
Reloading manuals from all the major manufacturers


Also recently had fourteen boxes of books shipped from my late father's estate. Still trying to organize and categorize them................. a ton dealing with WW1, especially the Battle of the Somme where his father (my grandfather) witnessed the brutality of trench warfare. Also an entire bookcase dedicated to Irish lierature & Irish history.