Overview
Bill Tarrant's bird-dog column in Field & Stream is quite simply the most popular in America - and has been so for twenty years. It has earned him his rightful place as America's favorite gun dog writer. And here, in Pick of the Litter, are the very best of Bill Tarrant's dog stories plucked by him from his well-loved column. Among the twenty stories included are: 'Of Miracles and Memories,' the moving story of the death of a favorite dog; 'The Mechanical Dog,' the article that sparked the first hunting retriever test-hunt ever held in America; 'Let's Not Forget,' the piece of advocacy journalism that helped to elect Man Rand, the first African-American to be in the Field Trail Hall of Fame; and 'Somewhere Near Olympus,' a profile on a (then) future Olympian. The stories are bold, heartwarming, and born of long experience. (61/4 X 91/4, 188 pages, illustrations)