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The Sportsman In Ireland: With His Summer Route Through The Highlands Of Scotland (Volume Ii)

The Sportsman In Ireland: With His Summer Route Through The Highlands Of Scotland (Volume Ii)

Allan, Bob

Paperback

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ISBN10: 9354540147
ISBN13: 9789354540141
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 20 2021
Pages: 316
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.71 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Before the rails smoothed every journey, sport and scenery shaped the map. In Volume II of The Sportsman in Ireland, Bob Allan carries the reader from Irish waters and covers to a summer route through the Scottish Highlands. Rivers, guns, heather: all alive. Part victorian travel narrative, part sporting reminiscences, these pages capture the rhythm of days spent on the move: the etiquette of lodges, the talk of keepers, the hard-earned knowledge behind irish hunting and fishing. Without straining for heroics, Allan records the practical pleasures of game shooting Ireland and the changing light and weather of a highland sporting tour. The result is classic travel writing with the salt of lived experience: a companion for fans of victorian angling books, classic outdoor literature, and British Isles travelogues who want landscape, sport, and observation in equal measure. As a document of 19th century Ireland and scottish highlands travel, the book preserves a period voice and a way of looking at country life now largely vanished, yet still recognisable in its love of wild ground and good company. It stands beside the best of Victorian sport-and-road books, where natural history, local custom, and route-finding are as prized as the day's bag for readers today. 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, and an ideal collectors reprint edition for shelves built around enduring sporting classics.

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