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| Author: Bill Heavey
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Category: Book
List Price: $23.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 72557
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.3
ISBN: 0871139731
Dewey Decimal Number: 799.29
EAN: 9780871139733
ASIN: 0871139731
Publication Date: November 10, 2007
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 Utter disappointment January 21, 2008
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
Browsing Barnes and Noble I found it and purchased it upon reading the forward. This I discovered was the most well written part of the book. I must be wierd in looking at the other reviews, but I had a really hard time and finally gave up any effort to finish it about 3 stories from the end. The only real laughter and tears I experienced were at myself realizing I had paid $23.00 for it. (no discount at B and N)
 Leathally funny, yet authentic and sincere January 15, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am currently editing a book of fishing stories that will be published in late 2008, I've read about 20 books on fishing in the last six months as part of my editing job. Bill Heavey's book has many things going for it. The writing is economical, clear and deftly funny, and each story is its own adventure. For example: one explores the absurdities of ice fishing, another details the Cuban version of the Bass Masters national tournament, and another the authors frustrations of getting skunked on a fishing trip in Mongolia. The stories in this book tend to be short (2-3 pages). You can usually finish one before your spouse catches on that you are reading and available to be interrupted.
While I am not a fan of hunting stories, I really enjoyed the ones he presents in this book, he has a way of tying hunting and fishing back to his wife and daughter, back to important, ironic, tragic, and personal moments in life.
These are the kind of stories that you read and find yourself repeating to your friends. They stuck with me and I enjoy carrying them through my days.
Must read for sportsmen and sportswomen or those who live with and or know some. January 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Funny, somewhat serious, occasionaly sad, then funny and more funny. Healy makes us average joes feel like were not so alone in this world. God bless us all.
Loved it! December 9, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was not previously familiar with Heavey. I picked it up because of similarities to my book, "Guests At The Buck Falls Club." I really loved it. This author captures the real outdoors experience; joy mixed with folly and foul-ups. I laughed out loud and said more than once, "I wish I had written that."
Gregg Stockey
The late blooming outdoorsman November 29, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Three cheers for Heavey's new book "If you didn't bring Jerky, What did I just eat?" I have read his stories in Field and stream for years and love to flip to the back of the magazine to see what he's been up to. This book is a collection of his stories and it makes the book hard to put down. The way he relates to the average Joe in his trials and errors is what makes this book an instant classic that I will never part with. I think this book will appeal to more than just the Field and Stream faithful and is worth taking the chance on if you love the outdoors.
Definetly worth a look.
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