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A Deficient Purist
Stories of hunting, fishing, dogs, and friends
A Lifetime in the Outdoors
Entertaining and thoughtful, A Deficient Purist; stories of hunting,
fishing, dogs, and friends is a ride along with a wry storyteller as he
locks eyes with a way too close cougar, and faces a watery showdown
with a surly, frustratingly determined, and possibly deranged moose.
You’ll see hunting from the point of view of an eight-year-old bear
snob, as well as an ancient hunter with a broken spear. You’ll feel
uneasy prickles between your shoulder blades as you peer out the
window of a pickup while it clings to the edge of a chukar hill a
thousand feet above the Snake River. You’ll share the author’s
awakening awareness of the value of mementoes, earn antlers, pack
meat, and witness the bittersweet triumph at the end of a worn-down
bird dog’s career.
If you’ve hunted, fished, or spent time wandering the American west
and beyond, with rod, gun, bow, or bird dogs, you’ll be reminded of
some of your best days. If you’re just beginning your outdoor
adventures, you’ll ratchet up your enthusiasm as you vicariously
experience, then anticipate, the fun, adventure, and camaraderie that
makes hunting and fishing so much more than what ends up in your
bag.
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See What Others are Saying
Kevin Kennedy "gets it." Countless hours afield have taught him that
there's so much more to the sporting life than pulling the trigger or
hooking a fish. This is reflected in his storytelling, as he celebrates the
many dimensions of the outdoor experience. At times humorous, at
other times melancholy—but always entertaining—the stories are
thoughtfully crafted and a joy to linger over. This is fireside reading of
the first order.
Ralph Stuart Editor in Chief Shooting Sportsman
Kevin Kennedy admits it right up front: He doesn’t want his “outdoor
adventures to be bland, beige, boring, or devoid of uncertainty.”
They’re not. He’s the guy with the leaky boat and broken ribs whose
hunting and fishing stories make you nod your head and laugh. He’s
been there, it’s what he loves.
Eileen Clarke, author The Queen of The Legal Tender Saloon and a
dozen wild game cookbooks.
“Kevin’s stories are shared in the best manner possible: They read as if
you are hearing them told directly from his mouth. And in them, you
sense the common thread weaving throughout and so important to
Kevin – that there is always so much more to the experience to
discover.”
Jake Smith, Editor, The Pointing Dog Journal and The
Retriever Journal; co-author, The Lost Branch Sportsman’s Club series
Although it may not seem apparent upon first glance, common themes
do unite these pieces, although they are not the usual ones referenced
earlier. Instead, we find respect for friends, love of family, and
appreciation of wild places no matter what is (or is not) shot or caught.
Accomplishments are savored rather than trumpeted, and nature itself
assumes the role of leading character. All this adds up to just the kind
of thoughtful writing the outdoor genre should see more often.
Don Thomas Lewistown, Montana author of Longbow Country, Fool
Hen Blues, many other books and magazine articles