When the Wild Calls: Wilderness Reflections from a Sportsman's Notebook

by Jack Kulpa

Recently anointed "the master of the short outdoor essay" by no less than Gray's Sporting Journal, Jack Kulpa picks up where his award-winning book True North leaves off, somewhere in the Wisconsin woods where "the calling is a simple and uncomplicated thing; but like the mists of a brooding bog it can also be a riddle—cryptic deep, and filled with mystery." This new collection, drawn from work that appeared in such magazines as Field and Stream, Sports Afield, and Sporting Classics, contains thirty-two essays organized into four "Lakes and Streams;" "Forests and Fields;" "Tail Feathers and Backlash;" and "Home from the Hill." While the essays address a variety of topics, each is inspired by what the author refers to as "the silent places where we have heard the wild calling."

220 pages, Hardcover

First published June 25, 2004

Reviews

[Tatrawee Harikul · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best outdoor short essays I have ever come across. Every chapter in this book fill my day with dream of wilderness and smile. It took me a while to finish the book because I want to enjoy in slowly as long as I can.