Although I expected this to be far less saccharine than Disney's version, I didn't expect it to be so stark. This is not a book about the complicated friendship between a hunting dog and a fox, but instead about a lifelong hunt of one particular fox, spurred on by the hatred of one particular hunter...
This is some silly pop-history, but I still enjoyed reading it. Is it accurate? Who knows. There's no way to check because there are no foot/endnotes or bibliographical references. It doesn't really matter though, because it's entertaining to read about the terrible things that aristocrats did to pe...
Provided me with a bunch of information. It was interesting, a quick read, but informative. Not sure how much has been fact checked or confirmed, but the material gave me some helpful leads to follow and further research.
I picked this up at the Salvation Army in Buffalo. It's certainly dated, but does have some laugh-out-loud lines. If you've any interest in the old-fashioned carny life and are willing to overlook the politically incorrect tone of a book written in the late forties, this is worth a read. Some of the...
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