tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post7611259141195554216..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Quick Links & PicsSteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-67500748161999760332014-11-01T16:43:39.692-07:002014-11-01T16:43:39.692-07:00I thoroughly enjoyed your Sportsmans Library and w...I thoroughly enjoyed your Sportsmans Library and would loved to read a second.danontherockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04589728957913623326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-35208617511274092992014-10-31T14:53:37.886-07:002014-10-31T14:53:37.886-07:00Great news! A second Book of books. You did arrang...Great news! A second Book of books. You did arrange a feast with the first one, and I'm excited to see the second. Will have to increase my book budget.Guy Boydnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-48991723124469542132014-10-30T17:59:51.678-07:002014-10-30T17:59:51.678-07:00Thank you for posting the Faulkner essay, which ha...Thank you for posting the Faulkner essay, which has now been making the rounds of northeast Iowa hunters & anglers- a good time is being had by all. You will certainly have an Iowa buyer for your next 100 book suggestions!<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />JefferyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-8336621877625772012014-10-30T06:31:52.144-07:002014-10-30T06:31:52.144-07:00
West came from Eastern European Jewish immigrant...<br /><br />West came from Eastern European Jewish immigrants but the family was prosperous, and as I recall reading, he started hunting early in upper New York state and Pennsylvania, fishing too but not so avidly. Coming west he created a network of guides and hunting cronies on both sides of the Mexican border, places he stayed in regularly, and places to hunt. Years ago, decades ago, I made an effort to find out what happened to the London guns after the carwreck, and they were in the car when he was killed, and came to a dead end pretty quickly. I believe he was killed coming back from a dove shoot. Randy Davisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-61613186119102322102014-10-29T18:40:38.138-07:002014-10-29T18:40:38.138-07:00Vance Bourjaily mentions him a bit in the Unnatura...Vance Bourjaily mentions him a bit in the Unnatural Enemy but I am not sure he knew he hunted seriously-- I didn't.<br /><br />Some old Hollywood and lit guns I DO know about. Clarke Gable had a 28 bore Parker with a beavertail forearm. that was sold at auction 20- something years ago-- I saw the catalog. Gary Cooper carries a Parker, looks like a 12, in some of the Sun Valley pics with Hemingway, who carries a Browning Superposed and a Model 12. None are fancy. Pauline actually shot a Darne 28 in Africa (thanks Sylvio Calabi for that one).<br /><br />John Huston had a smallbore Parker-- I want to say a 28 but maybe a 20; looked like Gable's. I might have got hold of that one but his son Tony, a Taos falconer and old friend, has never been very "gunny", and let it go for a song along with some other nondescript guns (such things as Express rifles long gone-- do you know his last words? Write me).<br /><br />Angus Cameron gave away two of the bespoke Spanish doubles that Jack O'Connor had built for him to a relative who I believe sold them. He always muttered he should have given them to me. Sigh...Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-24286742335767419392014-10-29T18:13:59.193-07:002014-10-29T18:13:59.193-07:00Take a look at a biography of Nathaniel West somet...Take a look at a biography of Nathaniel West sometime. Im not a fan of his writing particularly but he was a serious sportsman and intended to write a collection of stories a la Turgenev, from the viewpoint of a wandering hunter on the California - Mexico border. He bought a pair of Purdeys at auction not long before he was killed in a car wreck. Hunted the border with them and the Californai coastal islands in Faulkners companyRandy Davisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-91738194401448406172014-10-29T15:10:08.624-07:002014-10-29T15:10:08.624-07:00Hah! So I beat Sporting Classics to the Faulkner-G...Hah! So I beat Sporting Classics to the Faulkner-Gable story by a couple of years!!Reid Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382498430164817928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-30656563559517079502014-10-29T12:00:25.206-07:002014-10-29T12:00:25.206-07:00Delighted to hear you're going to go for a sec...Delighted to hear you're going to go for a second century of books! Every time I look at A Sportsman's Library, I am reminded just how good it is!Gerard H. Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893768189194224022noreply@blogger.com