Deep Enough for Ivorybills

by James Kilgo

This is the account of a man's initiation into the outdoors heritage of his home territory. Jim Kilgo was born and raised not to far from the bottomlands of the Great Pee Dee River in South Carolina, but it was not until he was grown that he began to respond to the powerful lure of the forests, fields, and swamplands of the South and the wildlife that inhabit them. For Kilgo, reentry into the wilderness becomes a window on the life that men can lead, within nature and out of it. His tales of hunting and fishing will delight anyone who has ever used rod or gun, yet by no means is this a book for devotees of hunting alone. What is rediscovered here illuminates the lives of human beings who, all to often unknowingly, are integrally part of the larger rhythms of nature and the seasons.

Genres: Nature, Nonfiction, Memoir, Animals, American, Southern

206 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[E Wilson · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really have no business reviewing this book because I really had no business reading it. I
thought it was a natural history book about Southern swamps and the native flora and fauna.
It was about HUNTING!! My least favorite thing to read about after descriptions of battles.
I have nothing against hunting as long as the hunter eats what he kills and kills in a sportsman
like way. I just don't want to read about it. This was a man's book as far as I'm concerned.
It not only had chronicles of duck and deer killed, but also the evening camaraderie of the
members of the hunting club.

There was one chapter about getting lost in a relatively small swamp or woods that I found
interesting and some character studies of fellow hunters that were a nice relief from the
killing.

[Jeanene Arrington Fisher · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an enjoyable read. I followed each page as if listening to my dad or uncle tell stories of their youth. If you love outdoor recreation (hunting, fishing, feeling free in the forest) you will enjoy this book.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wish I had taken a class taught by Kilgo at UGA.

[Cindy Griffin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dr. James Kilgo has led a life full of excitement and adventure through the Southeastern United States. As Dr. Kilgo writes about his experiences, he pulls the reader in so that you feel you are a part of the story. His characters are real and the kind of people you'd like to sit across a camp fire with and share stories.