A Sportsman's Journey lyrically and spiritually connects readers with
the natural world. Donald C. Jackson explores the rhythms and ways of
hunting and fishing, particularly in America's Deep South, and in so
doing helps readers understand and find meaning in why hunters and
anglers venture far afield.
Journeying alongside the author, readers will savor the magic of
sunrises and the mystery of twilight. Hearts will quicken as deer drift
from shadows and ducks circle a woodland pond. The ocean will challenge
them as they fight large fish from the deck of a wave-tossed boat far
out at sea. Restless winds will whisper messages during a spring
squirrel hunt on a Mississippi farm. Bird dogs, old guns, old friends,
and times shared with loved ones will remind anglers and hunters of
those special, shared memories.
Ancient forests and powerful rivers remind us of our fragile, ephemeral
state. Quail hunts strengthen cherished relationships with companions.
Encounters with a mountain man will take us into a world thought to have
vanished generations ago. A gathering of anglers on a Gulf Coast fishing
pier at night reminds us of those hidden communities that exist around
us, and are often unrecognized or perhaps even unknown. Jackson reveals
how all of us depend on the natural world and share very personal
interactions with it and with each other. This book reminds us that
rediscovering, resurrecting, and celebrating these primal linkages are
the real reasons we explore the world.
