Description
A beautifully illustrated history of hunting; a meditation on the meaning of hunting spiritually and culturally; and a very personal hunting account. Destined to be controversial, Rupert Isaacson justifies and celebrates hunting while acknowledging the realities of a modern world of heightened compassion.
About the Author
Rupert Isaacson lives in Austin, Texas. He is well-known to the foxhunting community through his regularly featured hunting articles in Hunting and Country Illustrated magazines published in the UK. He is a full time travel and environmental writer specializing in Africa.
Reviews
Isaacson manages to educate the reader without droning on like a schoolmarm or imposing his views like a fanatic. Instead Wild Host is a joy to read. Isaacson is a master wordsmith, an articulate and eloquent guide who takes readers through the mysteries of the hunt. -- Nicole Lever * The Chronicle Of The Horse *
The Wild Host provides a personal and penetrating look at the world of foxhunting past, present, and-in a speculatory way- future. * In and Around Horse Country *
Isaacson manages to educate the reader without droning on like a schoolmarm or imposing his views like a fanatic. Instead, Wild Host is a joy to read. Isaacson is a master wordsmith, an articulate and eloquent guide who takes readers through the mysteries of the hunt. Both words and pictures serve as the illustration to Isaacson's main philosophical thrust: "We need to hunt. We need it as a mechanism by which we stay in touch, close touch, with nature." * The Chronicle Of The Horse *
A master wordsmith, with skill crafted from years of magazine writing, Isaacson is an articulate and eloquent guide through the ages and the mysteries of the hunt. * The Fauquier Times- Democrat *
Book Information
ISBN 9781586670931
Author Rupert Isaacson
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Derrydale Press
Publisher Derrydale Press
Weight(grams) 1293g
Dimensions(mm) 252mm * 197mm * 29mm
About the Author
Rupert Isaacson lives in Austin, Texas. He is well-known to the foxhunting community through his regularly featured hunting articles in Hunting and Country Illustrated magazines published in the UK. He is a full time travel and environmental writer specializing in Africa.
Reviews
Isaacson manages to educate the reader without droning on like a schoolmarm or imposing his views like a fanatic. Instead Wild Host is a joy to read. Isaacson is a master wordsmith, an articulate and eloquent guide who takes readers through the mysteries of the hunt. -- Nicole Lever * The Chronicle Of The Horse *
The Wild Host provides a personal and penetrating look at the world of foxhunting past, present, and-in a speculatory way- future. * In and Around Horse Country *
Isaacson manages to educate the reader without droning on like a schoolmarm or imposing his views like a fanatic. Instead, Wild Host is a joy to read. Isaacson is a master wordsmith, an articulate and eloquent guide who takes readers through the mysteries of the hunt. Both words and pictures serve as the illustration to Isaacson's main philosophical thrust: "We need to hunt. We need it as a mechanism by which we stay in touch, close touch, with nature." * The Chronicle Of The Horse *
A master wordsmith, with skill crafted from years of magazine writing, Isaacson is an articulate and eloquent guide through the ages and the mysteries of the hunt. * The Fauquier Times- Democrat *
Book Information
ISBN 9781586670931
Author Rupert Isaacson
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Derrydale Press
Publisher Derrydale Press
Weight(grams) 1293g
Dimensions(mm) 252mm * 197mm * 29mm
