Outside Days: Some Adventures With Rod and Gun

Paperback

Main Details

Title Outside Days: Some Adventures With Rod and Gun
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Sir Max Hastings
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 153
Category/GenreField sports - fishing, hunting, shooting
Travel writing
ISBN/Barcode 9781447262138
ClassificationsDewey:799
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Pan Macmillan
Imprint Macmillan
Publication Date 30 January 2014
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Max Hastings is best known as an acclaimed journalist and military historian. But what is perhaps less well known is his love of the countryside and its pursuits, above all fishing and shooting, which he indulges as often as he can escape his urban working environment. In this classic selection of gentle, contemplative musings, Max Hastings shares some of his favourite rural moments; tramping the snipe bogs of Waterford; dogging hedges in Hampshire and moors in Sutherland; casting a fly from Scotland to Iceland and Alaska; and shooting in India and the west of Ireland. Combining a journalist's knack for storytelling with the enthusiasm of the dedicated amateur, Outside Days is the perfect companion for anyone who revels in the freedom of the outdoors.

Author Biography

Sir Max Hastings, author of numerous books including Armageddon, Going to the Wars, and Das Reich, was editor of the Daily Telegraph for almost a decade, then for six years he edited the Evening Standard. In his youth he was a foreign correspondent for newspapers and BBC television. He has won many awards for his books and journalism, particularly his work in the South Atlantic in 1982. He is a country boy at heart and he enjoys fishing and shooting as often as he can escape to the great outdoors. He was knighted in 2002 for services to journalism.

Reviews

Outside Days conjures up memories of happy days amid the high hills. * Spectator *