An edition of While There Were Still Wild Birds (2018)
While There Were Still Wild Birds
A Personal History of Southern Quail Hunting
By Richard E. Rankin,Jr.
Publish Date
May 01, 2018
Publisher
Mercer University Press
Language
eng
Pages
256
Description:
A personal history of Southern quail hunting as it was lived at three different South Carolina quail hunting clubs and by related dog trainers, hunting guides, and hunters. The author's father, Richard E. Rankin, Sr., belonged to the first hunting club in Kline, South Carolina, and was a founding partner in the second hunting club, the Quail Roost Hunt Club, outside Manning, South Carolina. The third club featured was the Foreston Hunt Club. Southern quail hunting was part of the larger culture, the book also discusses how race, gender, and environmental change impacted Southern quail hunting.