{"product_id":"9781587297359","title":"Out Home","description":"Long out of print, \u003ci\u003eOut Home\u003c\/i\u003e is the first published collection of naturalist and conservationist John Madson’s essays. Written between 1961 and 1977 for such venues as \u003ci\u003eOutdoor Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSports Afield\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAudubon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGuns and Ammo\u003c\/i\u003e, the twenty-one essays and one poem in this classic volume focus on game and nongame animals and the people who love them and their outdoor world. Madson writes of hunting and wildlife management, the tricks of whitetail and cottontail, the bewildering interactions of pheasants with their harsh winter world, the cliff-nesting geese of the Missouri River, biscuits and gravy and stories shared around campfires with friends and family, and the great seasonal migrations of geese and cranes.\u003cbr\u003e      Writing always with the knowledge that he was witnessing the end of the wilderness, of the outdoor home that nourished him, Madson brings a brilliant energy to these tough, unsentimental tales. “A strong place puts a mark on all that lives there, and the mark may outlast the place itself. Prairie people are like their western meadowlarks, seeming to be the same as their eastern relatives, but with a different song.” In his song about the “play of wind on tallgrasses, with the land running beneath a towering sky,” we hear the voice that went on to give us the magic of \u003ci\u003eWhere the Sky Began\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e      Editor Michael McIntosh, one of the nation’s foremost experts on shotguns, has written a short introduction to this first paperback edition of these ageless wilderness tales.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Iowa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176264483056,"sku":"9781587297359","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781587297359_p0.jpg?v=1763801662","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781587297359","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}