Heart Shots: Women Write About Hunting

by Mary Zeiss Stange, Terry Tempest Williams (Contributor), Jennifer Bove (Contributor)

This anthology features outstanding writing by women hunters past and present. Included are popular authors Beryl Markham, Isak Dinesen, Annie Oakley, and others known to readers of outdoor writing--Grace Seton Thompson, Osa Johnson, Mary Jobe Akeley, Eleanor Pruitt Stewart. Still others--Agnes Herbert, Isabel Savory, Vivienne de Watteville, Paul (Paulina) Brandreth--received critical acclaim generations ago and deserve a modern audience. An introduction to the history of women hunters provides a context for the stories: "Women hunt for the same reasons men generally do, and derive the same sorts of satisfaction from hunting. And regardless of the sex of the hunter, every hunt begins with a stalk and ends with a story."

2 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Mary Zeiss Stange is Professor Emerita of Women's Studies and Religion at Skidmore College. She is internationally recognized as the authority on women and hunting, and specializes in writing and speaking about women, guns, hunting, and ecofeminism.

Reviews

[Bre · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every story in this anthology was powerful, and I want to say that no two of them were powerful in the same way.

[Craig Schlossin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good stories from a different point of view.

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am an old woman who grew up in a hunting family and so was introduced to the sport of hunting from an early age. I have been a reader of hunting literature for over 50 years and this is one of the best collections of hunting stories I have ever read. The stories collected in this volume incorporate memoir, apologia, philosophy, spirituality, psychology, and humour. They give one pause to think about what the contributors are saying as they describe how they relate to hunting and the game they pursue. Whether you are a hunter or non-hunter this is a book worth reading.