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Rambles After Sport; Or, Travels And Adventures In The Americas And At Home

Rambles After Sport; Or, Travels And Adventures In The Americas And At Home

North, Oliver

Paperback

FictionHuntingGeneral Middle East

ISBN10: 935450695X
ISBN13: 9789354506956
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 284
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.64 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Rivers, roads, and rough sport: Oliver North writes with the brisk confidence of a man who has lived it. Boots on, eyes wide open. Rambles After Sport; Or, Travels And Adventures In The Americas And At Home moves between hunting grounds and hearthside recollection, pairing keen outdoor detail with the alert eye of a traveller who notices people, places, and the pace of change. Written in the cadence of a seasoned sportsman, it turns travel into lived experience: weather, routes, companions, and the small decisions that make a journey succeed or fail. A public domain travel classic, this nineteenth century travelogue is also a sporting travel narrative rooted in hunting and sport travel, where the pleasures and hardships of the field sit beside candid sketches of towns, transport, and everyday life. For travel history enthusiasts, the book offers a textured window on Victorian era journeys and the wider nineteenth century Americas, capturing the feel of travels in the Americas without losing sight of home and abroad journeys closer to Britain. Its conversational momentum and worldly curiosity place it in the same orbit as Mark Twain travelogues, while remaining distinctly its own record - complete and unabridged - of movement, encounter, and sporting pursuit. Outdoor adventure readers will relish the grit in the scenery; collectors, the flavour. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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