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My health is better in November;: Thirty-five stories of hunting and fishing in the South (A Gun room library ...

4 reviews
Havilah Babcock

Greenberg, 1952

A Delightful, Entertaining Classic
Good friends gave me this book when I graduated high school more years ago than I like to realize. I have read, re-read, and re-re-read it, and given a copy to my grandson in hopes of instilling in him some of my love of the outdoors. The first time I read this book, and most of the subsequent times as well, I laughed until tears rolled down my face. Babcock eloquently paints word pictures ...

The best of Babcock

1 review
Havilah Babcock

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974

Literature as it was meant to be
Relatively few post-60s readers are familiar with Havilah Babcock, and tragically, virtually no "scholarly" American Literature professors have read him. But Babcock, the former Head of the English Dept. at the University of South Carolina was a not only a superb writer and Master story teller - easily equal to Mr. Twain, but a warm and learned student of Man. Though the delightful charm ...

Tales of Quails 'N Such

2 reviews
Havilah Babcock

University of South Carolina Press, 1985

Experience both in the field and with the pen are shown.
Babcock has the uncanny ability to select just the right word or phrase to describe an event or personal trait. I enjoyed his ability to take the ordinary and familiar and make them come alive with the English language. Only the person who has spent considerable time on the lake or in the field will realize how realistic his accounts truly are.

I don't want to shoot an elephant

1 review
Havilah Babcock

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1961

I Don't Want to Shoot an Elephant
A great book full of wonderful stories. A must read for any lover of the outdoors. Although some of the stories were written 40-50 years ago they are just as readable and meaningfull today as then. Some will bring tears to your eyes while others will have you rolling on the floor in laughter. Babcock is a great writer!

Jaybirds Go to Hell on Friday

1 review
Havilah Babcock

Gunnerman Press, 1986

A wonderful classic returns.....
This book written by the late Professor Havilah Babcock can only be described as a classic of its day.(Although honestly, any of his titles qualify for the same description.) Some may be offended by what seems to be a mild racism,ISthere such athing as "mild racism") but it is nessary to keep in mind the times in which Babcock lived and wrote...The series of stories/aricles/essays that make ...

Education of Pretty Boy

1 review
Havilah Babcock

Gunnerman Press, 1986

A classic
few people have read Babcock, those who have know that he is one of the finest outdoor writers ever. This is a book you will read over and over. I give this book to friends and particularly children of friends. In a society increasingly intolerant of hunting this book teaches a subtle message of tolerance without being overtly aggressive. This book will touch your heart and send you to the ...