The Amateur Poacher

The Amateur Poacher

Richard Jefferies

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Home Farm Books
Año de edición:
2008
Materia
Historia natural
ISBN:
9781443737791

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This edition of the classic work on the early English poacher was first published in 1901. Contents Include : The First Gun The Old Punt, A Curious ’Turnpike’ Tree Shooting, A Fishing Expedition Egg Time, A ’Gip’ Trap Woodland Twilight, Traitors on the Gibbet Lurcher-Land ’The Park’ Oby, And His System, The Moucher’s Calendar Churchyard Pheasants: Before The Bench Luke, The Rabbit-Contractor: The Brook Path Farmer Willum’s Place: Snipe-Shooting Ferreting: A Rabbit-Hunter A Winter Night: Old Tricks: Pheasant Stalking: Matchlock Versus Breechloader Conclusion. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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