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The Lady Blows a Horn
This is the story of a lady master of foxhounds, Nancy Penn Smith Hannum, whose horn has echoed through the Cheshire hunt country for over fifty years - a legend in her own time. Decades of adventures with family, friends, and the hunt are interwoven with this strong-willed woman's passion for preserving the beautiful open country of southern Chester County, Pennsylvania. Here, too, are photographs from the times of her life, her wisdom about breeding and training - all gathered under one cover by a writer who shares her commitment to open space and farmland preservation.
Delicious Memories
Fragments of my journals, thumbed pages of cookbooks, and extra places around the table are memories not to be forgotten. The best times have been meeting and writing about people who never make the national headlines but are the heart and soul of their families and communities. The pleasure of putting words to paper, freedom to explore, revisit, and enjoy, finding open doors and invitations to meals where strangers became friends: Montana ranchers and around the tables in their cookhouses, "running away" with performers and families backstage at Circus Flora, a historic adobe house where meals were prepared outside, a sailboat galley on the blue Caribbean waters, and the countryside that treasures home territory and much more. The memories are worth sharing. Among the finest rewards were the shared foods from many regions, dinner conversations that last until candles burn low, and returning home with recipes that bring life to each chapter.
Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie
After a decade of successful films that included Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, and Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock produced Marnie, an apparent artistic failure and an unquestionable commercial disappointment. Over the decades, however, the film’s reputation has undergone a reevaluation, and both critics and fans alike have come to appreciate Marnie’s many qualities. In Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie, Tony Lee Moral investigates the cultural and political factors governing the 1964 film’s production, the causes of its critical and commercial failure, and Marnie’s relevance for today’s artists and filmmakers. Hitchcock’s style, motivation, and fears regarding the film are...
Foxhunting with Melvin Poe
Foxhunting is in Melvin Poe's blood. As a child, he hunted with hounds owned by his grandfather and father in Rappahannock County, Virginia, and he became the professional huntsman for the Old Dominion Hounds for 16 seasons and the Orange County Hunt for 27 years. He is now, at age 82, in his eleventh year as huntsman for the Bath County Hounds. In 1979, Melvin was featured in the film documentary "Thoughts on Hunting. "Author Peter Winants, a lifelong foxhunter, has been the field master at Bath County since the founding of the hunt in 1992. His book ably captures the essence of one of the most legendary and colorful characters in American foxhunting. In addition to Melvin's upbringing, cha...
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Equal to the Challenge
When women decided that they wanted to compete in horse sports as equals with men, it took courage and perseverance. The women on both sides of the Atlantic who fought to compete in the male-dominated sports of show jumping, dressage, eventing, and racing are the subject of "Equal to the Challenge." Jackie Burke interviewed many of these extraordinary women, and the book is richer for their simple, moving accounts of how they achieved their goals. Many had to endure rejection, humiliation, physical danger, and privation in order to take part in the horse sports they loved. Some women struggled doubly, since they had to overcome physical and financial handicaps. Young women and not just riders will find in this book worthy role models for our time. Jackie C. Burke is a journalist who has been involved in horse sports all her life and knows just about.
Six Centuries of Foxhunting
Hunting literature had its beginnings as early as the fourteenth century, when nobles hunted stag, bear, fox, and other game on horseback. As foxhunting grew in popularity, literary works that covered the sport flourished, as well. In Six Centuries of Foxhunting: An Annotated Bibliography, M. L. Biscotti has compiled all books produced in Great Britain and the United States that pertain to, or mention, foxhunting with hounds. Arranged alphabetically by author, more than 2000 titles are included. Each entry features details such as place and year of publication, publisher, book size, page count, illustrations, and binding. Nearly every title is also annotated with a description of the book’...
