
Tales of Whitetails
Archibald Rutledge's Great Deer-Hunting Stories
Archibald Rutledge(Author)
Jim Casada(Editor)
University of South Carolina Press
Published on 28. February 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
294 pages
978-1-64336-595-4 (ISBN)
Description
Immersive stories of thrilling pursuit of the wisest game animalNo American outdoor writer has more convincingly captured the myriad, and often elusive, meanings of the hunt than Archibald Rutledge. The renowned outdoor writer and poet laureate, who grew up at Hampton Plantation in South Carolina, had a mystical attachment to deer. His stories immortalize the world of the hunter and the hunted.
Editor Jim Casada brings together thirty-five of Rutledge's finest deer stories in this stirring collection. With an unrivaled knack for capturing the thrill of the chase, Rutledge immerses the reader in the deep swamps, pine ridges, and palmetto thickets of the southern landscape. Tales of Whitetails is the only book ever published devoted exclusively to Rutledge's deer tales.
Editor Jim Casada brings together thirty-five of Rutledge's finest deer stories in this stirring collection. With an unrivaled knack for capturing the thrill of the chase, Rutledge immerses the reader in the deep swamps, pine ridges, and palmetto thickets of the southern landscape. Tales of Whitetails is the only book ever published devoted exclusively to Rutledge's deer tales.
Reviews / Votes
"Some of the greatest essays ever penned on deer and deer hunting... We are greatly indebted to Jim Casada for ensuring the immortality of these remarkable tales. This volume is unquestionably a blue-chip deer book!" - Deer & Deer HuntingMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
South Carolina
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
399 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64336-595-4 (9781643365954)
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Archibald Rutledge (1883-1973) was South Carolina's most prolific writer and the state's first poet laureate. His nature writings garnered him the prestigious John Burroughs Medal. Jim Casada has written or edited more than forty books and authored some five thousand magazine articles on the outdoors. He has been honored with 250 regional and national writing awards.