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The holiday season is at hand ...
 The
new biography of Robert Ruark written by his secretary, Alan Ritchie,
“Ruark Remembered,” is a dandy, and I was honored to be chosen to edit
it.
I also edited “The Lost Classics of Robert Ruark,” and I’ve got it back
in stock.
Then there are three anthologies of Rutledge’s writings I’ve compiled,
“The Lost Classics of Jack O’Connor,” a couple of fly-fishing books,
several cookbooks, and much more.
Browse the books section of this Web site and
you should find a holiday gift which is ideal for the reading sportsman
in your life!
Trout Fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
I am presently deep
into turning a marvelously misspent childhood, or at least the trout
fishing part of it, into a book. Scheduled for publication in 2009 in
conjunction with the 75th anniversary of the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, it will be a detailed look at all aspects of
fishing for trout in the Park on a stream-by-stream basis.
I also intend to
include plenty of human history as it relates to the Park, trail
information, natural history, and of course thoughts on tactics and
techniques for fishing the Appalachian high country. If you would like
to be put on a list to be notified when the book is ready, just drop me
an e-mail to that effect (jc@jimcasadaoutdoors.com).
Price Reductions
I've spent a good bit of time going through stock and checking prices
on my Turkey Hunting Books list, and I am now offering some special
deals for the New Year.
Take a look at
the updated list, with almost 40 price reductions!
Ruark Biography
 At present I’ve got Ruark squarely in my thoughts, and for a very
good reason. For the last couple of months I’ve been hard at work on a
truly special task. A year or so back a fellow from over Wilmington,
N.C. way (that’s Ruark’s boyhood stomping grounds) whom I’ve known for a
good while, Steve Bliss, contacted me with some fascinating news. It
turns out that the manuscript of a lengthy biography of Ruark written by
Alan Ritchie, who served as Ruark’s secretary from the early 1950s up
until Ruark’s death in 1965, had just come to light. Steve and a
companion who is deeply involved with the Ruark Museum at Southport (and
who knew Ruark personally), George Saffo, shared that glad information
with me and did me the singular honor of asking me to edit the work for
publication.
Hot Off the Presses
Here are the details: Alan Ritchie, Ruark Remembered (edited
by Jim Casada). The trade edition is $40 and the deluxe edition
(leatherbound, slipcased, and with a photo of Ruark and Harry Selby
signed by Selby tipped in) is $90. Order
Online NOW!
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Africana and
Related Items
Big Game, Natural History, And Exploration
I finally got around
to the first of what is a planned series of “storage shed cleaning”
efforts, to be followed in due course by a thorough-going reorganization
of my personal library which will almost certainly reveal a bunch of
duplicates needing to be sold (and freeing up much-needed shelf space).
Look for future listings of Asian and North American big game items.
Meanwhile, you can
download the list of almost
500 New
Africana-related Items (PDF file size, 106k), and be sure you look
at my Main
African List (newly arranged) as well (PDF file size, 73k).
Lost and Found
Check out the new listing of
Jack O'Connor books available for sale, as well as some great
Derrydale Press books!
As many of you
know, I’m a great admirer of the work (though not necessarily the
life) of Robert Ruark.
I just
dug up a whole batch of Ruark-connected items I’ve had stored away
for a decade or more, added a few more recently acquired items, and
created a separate listing of them. Take a
look, and you’ll find
copies of most everything he wrote, along with material relating to
him. If you are a fan, I hope you locate something of interest to
you or that will fill a gap in your holdings.
I also made another delightful discovery amidst the dust and
toil. I served on the advisory board of the Premier Classics
published back in the 1980s and 1990s. These books were published in
beautifully done limited editions, bound in full leather, with all
edges gilt, ribbed spines, ribbon markers, marbled endpapers, and
in-depth new introductions by authorities in the field.
I found two copies each of three works in
the series.
Finally, I've updated
my complete list of Turkey Hunting Books,
and added some NWTF framed prints for sale!
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Cooking With Remington
A recently-released book by Jim and Ann Casada, Field to Feast: The
Remington Cookbook, is intended to round out the Remington
story as a sort of companion to The Art of Remington Arms and Remington, America’s Oldest Gunmaker.
Jim and Ann wrote the book drawing on experience they have garnered over the years in enjoying the results
of hunting and in the preparation of a number of prior cookbooks.
These include The Complete Venison Cookbook, The Ultimate Venison
Cookbook, Wild Bounty, Backyard Grilling, Wild Fare and Wise Words,
and contributions to several other culinary tomes.
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Other Books of Interest
 Beginner's Guide to Fly Fishing
Throughout my youth and adolescence I fly fished with a will, and
since some of the fine streams of the Great Smoky Mountains National
Park were almost literally in my backyard (one was within easy
biking distance), that meant plenty of marvelously misspent hours
astream. A half century has come and gone since those first
footsteps in the world of fly fishing, but my passion for the sport
remains unabated. Fifteen years ago or so I wrote an award-winning
book, Modern Fly Fishing, on the subject for the North
American Fishing Club. Now I have distilled a lifetime of experience
into a basic primer, Beginners Guide to Fly Fishing, on the
subject. It is just out, published by Barrons, and I'm delighted
with the job they did. The 96-page book features plenty of
illustrations, an attractive layout and design, and the finest
quality paper and binding I've ever seen in a paperback book. While
it is a basic guide, even veterans of the long rod and whistling
line should find tidbits of knowledge they welcome.
It is a pleasure to offer the book at a very reasonable price of
$12.95 plus postage and handling. Of course I'll be delighted to sign
and inscribe copies, and the book would make a great gift
for anyone interested in this delightful approach to angling.
Order Now.
Tall Tales, Gibberish & Malarkey While Hunting Wild Turkeys
For years I have periodically enjoyed a hilarious little newsletter
distributed periodically by the Rev. Bill Privette. The good
minister long since lost a little corner of his soul to the wild
gobbler, and now he has turned his adventures, misadventures, and
love of the sport to good effect in the appropriately entitled Tall Tales, Gibberish & Malarkey While Hunting Wild Turkeys.
The edition is limited to 500 numbered and signed copies, and I have
managed to procure a number of these. One goes directly into my
collection, but the others can be yours, as long as they last, for
$27.50. The 141-page paperback is perfect-bound and contains 12
chapters offering pure delight. Order Now.
Be sure to check out the
complete list
(over 200 items) that I have to offer on turkey hunting.
The Special Tom Kelly Collection
I have five low numbered sets (96, 97, 98, 99, and 101) of the
leather-bound Tom Kelly Collection. The set consists of eight books
in four volumes, together with a slipcase to hold the collection.
The books are Tenth Legion and Better on a Rising Tide
(Volume 1), The Season and Dealer’s Choice (Volume 2),
The Boat and A Year Outside (Volume 3), and Faces
in the Crowd and A Few Loose Chapters (Volume 4). These
sets are part of a special edition consisting of 1,000 numbered and
signed copies. The first 50 copies were reserved for the publisher
and are not for sale. I was fortunate enough to acquire these five
sets of numbers 51-250, which were reserved for subscribers. Number
251 through 1000 will be available to the general public. These
books are lovely to look at, with their bright maroon binding, the
gilt on the spines, the gilt edges and ribbon markers that
distinguish each volume, and striking color photos, protected by a
tissue sheet at the start of each volume. An absolute must for the
Kelly fan or collector. $250. Order Now.
Field to Feast: The Remington Cookbook
This cookbook is a celebration of Remington's
rich history and the way Big Green's guns and ammunition have helped
generations of American sportsmen put meat on the table.
Here's a sampling of
recipes from its pages, which are beautifully illustrated
with art work from the Remington collection featuring the efforts of
masters such as Lynn Bogue Hunt, Bob Kuhn, Tom Beecham, and others.
The book is published in both a regular edition and a special
limited, numbered one. Order yours today!
 Wild
Fare & Wise Words: Recipes and Writing from the Great Outdoors
This is a collection of recipes (Ann and I were major
contributors) spiced up with apt quotations from great outdoor
writers from the past. Ann and I edited and compiled the work, and I
wrote the narrative portions that accompany it.
You can read a liberal excerpt
from my general Introduction to the book, along with a sampling of
fish recipes from its pages.
This is a joint project of the S.C. Outdoor Press Association, the
Harry Hampton Fund (a non-profit group in S.C. devoted to the
natural world), and S.C. Wildlife magazine. Appearance-wise
the book is a true “thing of beauty,” and at just $19.95 you'll want
to order yours today.
The Lost Classics of Jack O'Connor
 Since
boyhood I’ve been a great fan of Jack O’Connor, the greatest gun and
hunting writer of the 20th century. Finally that interest has come
to published fruition in a book entitled The Lost Classics of
Jack O’Connor. This work follows a format similar to that used
in The Lost Classics of Robert Ruark. I selected some 40 of
O’Connor’s finest stories; none of them ever published in book form.
I’ve also included detailed information on the man, a full
bibliographical essay, and other material. The book includes
extensive color and black and white photos. The Lost Classics of Jack O’Connor
is available in a hardbound trade edition of almost 400 pages
for $35 or a limited, numbered edition of 1,000 copies, bound in
genuine leather and housed in a slipcase, for $100. The limited
edition includes four extra stories and is signed by his son,
Bradford O'Connor. Order Now.
The Marksmanship Primer
In recent years I’ve done considerable work for
Palladium Press as the Editor of their Firearms Classics Series that
reprints great gun books. Building on the success of that series,
they asked me to edit and compile a rifle and pistol marksmanship
primer. The result is a work entitled The Marksmanship Primer.
The 480-page book includes information and insight from many of
the greatest authorities on accurate shooting – Charles Asks, Jack
O’Connor, Townsend Whelen, Bryce Towsley, Wayne Van Zwoll, and a
host of others – along with my editorial input. The book comes with
a gold-embossed flexible leather cover, and inscribed copies are
very reasonable at $29.95.
 Backyard Grilling
In Backyard Grilling, Ann and I join two other
nationally known cookbook authors, Kate Fiduccia and Teresa Marrone,
in sharing 150 scrumptious recipes on grilling, smoking and deep
frying. Along with all sorts of tips and suggestions, these recipes
offer a simple, straightforward road map to being king or queen of
the culinary arts in your own backyard. Now available for
$21.95. Order Now.
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