Among the Aspens is the latest collection of essays on the outdoors from acclaimed nature and outdoor writer Thomas Carney. Culled from fifteen years of his award-winning "Tailfeathers" column in The Upland Almanac quarterly magazine, each of the thirty-nine pieces has been reworked, renewed and "remastered" to offer readers a fresh taste of the classic bird hunting themes Tom joyously explores. Come along as he shares both his sense of humor about his own exploits and capabilities and his sense of wonder, awe, love and respect for those elements of the upland gunning experience that draw bird hunters to the fields - season, upon season, upon season.
TABLE of CONTENTS
Introduction .................... 1 Chapter 1 Fall Terms ............ 5 Chapter 2 Misses and Hits ....... 9 Chapter 3 Gearing Down for Fall .13 Chapter 4 For These Days ........17 Chapter 5 A Man's Lair ..........21 Chapter 6 Dames, Sheesh! ........25 Chapter 7 Hear Ye, Hear Ye! .....29 Chapter 8 Scenic Wonder .........33 Chapter 9 Simple Matters ........37 Chapter 10 Mea Culpa .............41 Chapter 11 Nevada Smith Grouse ...45 Chapter 12 Wayne, Nebraska .......49 Chapter 13 Under Leaden Skies ....53 Chapter 14 Two Dakotas ...........57 Chapter 15 Power, Less ...........61 Chapter 16 Pocketful of Change ...65 Chapter 17 Home Rules ............69 Chapter 18 Re-Maine-ders .........73 Chapter 19 Leftovers .............77 Chapter 20 Thoreau Had It Easy ...81 Chapter 21 Signs and Warmings ....85 Chapter 22 Keeping Secrets .......89 Chapter 23 Notes Found on a Podium After a Banquet .......93 Chapter 24 On Hunting A Utica Letter ................97 Chapter 25 Hip, Hip, Hooray! ....101 Chapter 26 October Observation ..105 Chapter 27 God...Quickly ........109 Chapter 28 Where's the Fire? ....113 Chapter 29 The Field ............117 Chapter 30 Puppy Rules ..........121 Chapter 31 Revisiting a Theme ...125 Chapter 32 Grousemobile III...? .129 Chapter 33 Convergence Zone .....133 Chapter 34 Who, Me? .............137 Chapter 35 Winter is Coming .....141 Chapter 36 Deja New .............145 Chapter 37 The Old Man and the Z 149 Chapter 38 Guiding Lights .......153 Chapter 39 Washed and Rinsed ....157