Boothroyd

Here is the 1987 (see ref to Betsy's death) letter from "James Bond's Armourer" praising the Model 12 that I promised last night-- click to enlarge, twice if needed. Also notice that handguns were still legal in England then...

Another Letter

Stuff keeps falling out as I reread old books. Angus Cameron, author of the LL Bean Game & Fish Cookbook and Jack O'Connor's editor at (ahem) Knopf, sent me a copy of this exchange over The New Yorker review of O'Connor's... The Rifle Book! Click to enlarge:

Jack also got an obit in the NYT. It was a better time-- and if you don't think so look at the Atlantic fiasco below...