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A book about the most bad-ass machine ever invented. Get it here:
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James Card
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James Card
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Outdoorsman. Woodcutter. Author of Chainsaw Love and The Dawn Patrol Diaries. https://t.co/riJyjwGFAl
Northwoods Katılım Ağustos 2011
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Great essay on guns by Paul Theroux. He shoots pigs with an AK-47. Shot beer cans as an altar boy. lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/…
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@MeghanGurdon @nords41 @WSJ @WSJBooks Cover this one. Chainsaws are a multimillion dollar business and are use in industries that make trillions more.
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I had this exact conversation with my Simon & Schuster editor two months ago. He also emphasized that in the US no major publication reviews or seeks to elevate nonfiction
Derek Thompson@DKThomp
"Dad books" — which this article, and some publishing insiders, use to describe "serious nonfiction" books across biography, current affairs and business and economics — are reportedly in a free fall, with sales declining every year for the last few years “The trend couldn’t be clearer,” said Jonathan Karp, the former chief executive of Simon & Schuster and publisher of the new Simon Six imprint. “When we have internal meetings to talk about this problem, it always comes around to podcasts,” said Jonathan Burnham, president and publisher of the Harper Group at HarperCollins Publishers.
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"Dad books" — which this article, and some publishing insiders, use to describe "serious nonfiction" books across biography, current affairs and business and economics — are reportedly in a free fall, with sales declining every year for the last few years
“The trend couldn’t be clearer,” said Jonathan Karp, the former chief executive of Simon & Schuster and publisher of the new Simon Six imprint.
“When we have internal meetings to talk about this problem, it always comes around to podcasts,” said Jonathan Burnham, president and publisher of the Harper Group at HarperCollins Publishers.
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Pictured below is the "Nessmuk Trio". Knife, hatchet, and folding pocket knife. Popularized by outdoorsman and writer George W Sears, his pen name "Nessmuk" became the namesake of this iconic knife.
Sears lived an uncommonly adventurous life. A fisherman, a whaleman, world traveler and expert woodsman. At 107 pounds and 5'3", Sears explored the Adirondacks in his sixties with an handmade canoe and whatever he could carry. His book, Woodcraft, was published in 1884 and has remained in print ever since.
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@AndrewBeckUSA Another question would be, why is the Atlantic employing Helen Lewis, British journalist, as a staff writer? Couldn't find an American one? Is she an H1B?
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Amuses me how desperate The Atlantic is to make this Helen Lewis yawnfest pop off. Maybe another title change?
First Title:
“The Men Who Don’t Want Women to Vote”
Edited Title: “The Men Who Want Women to Be Quiet”
Print Title: “The Men Who Fear Women”
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@realmfoster Until the lights go out. Power outage. Blackout. Got a little battery time before a dead screen and then the meltdown begins.
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Physical books really shouldn’t exist anymore except as decor/collectibles.
Once you understand the magic of reading everything in browser/ as a pdf, you’ll never go back.
Michael Girdley@girdley
I’m in a book store. I love them. Ever notice how many books should have been 15-20 page blog posts? 100 years ago there was a thriving industry in 10-50 page pamphlets that sold for lower price points. Capitalism killed it. Nobody in the chain wants to be in the low priced, hard to display pamphlets business. So we get books that are 20 pages of meat and 180 pages of fluff. Capitalism is the best. It’s also the worst.
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@andrewrypel That's a fantastic quote. When I wrote DPD, the fishing was like a backdoor insight to how the country developed.
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I slipped one of my fav Peter Moyle quotes into this one:
"Study fishes, and you will learn about people, and the world." ~Peter B. Moyle
Andrew Rypel@andrewrypel
My newest essay is dedicated strictly to the hugest of the fishes. Some grow bigger than trucks, are older than your grandparents, and on the surface seem like monsters. But they also reveal elemental truths about us and conservation in the modern world. Enjoy! 🐟🌊🦈 tnature.substack.com/p/insanely-lar…
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The falling number of Americans who have caught a mess of bluegill and then fried them up is an existential crisis.
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@KirksTip @NadaBotski3 @WadingSmith And you see that small S stamped on that link to the left? That stands for secret. So don't tell anyone about the secret of the golden link.
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@max_spero_ Meat acquisition through hunting is the most ethical way to procure meat. Those unwilling to get their hands bloody can go vegan or purchase meat of dubious origin.
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@WadingSmith Somebody makes chains with a golden connector link, I never remember who it is.
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@hammerofvision Lineman pliers are very handy. And Klein makes sturdy canvas tool bags--use them for all kinds of stuff.
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@shagbark_hick I wrote an entire chapter on that very subject. Winter for the win: nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/97814…
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There's a reason why, above a certain latitude, natives and woodsmen all vastly prefer winter to summertime.
No bugs, no mud, easy to cross frozen rivers, can carry much more gear, everything is "cleaner" and in a way, simpler.
If you had to bushwhack across the Adirondacks, I can tell you for a certain fact you'd rather do it in January than in July. Likely the same is true in places like Northern Quebec, deep woods Maine, and even in the Arctic.
The cold is a worthy price to pay -- it means you can glide over frozen bogs and swamps that would be extremely rough, buggy, ultra-slow going in summertime.
Sir Owen of Hudsonia@OwenofUpstate
@shagbark_hick In the summer, I can only have what i can carry on my back. In the winter, I can pack my sled full and pull it on my skis!
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At this time of year: what I read when I want to read about reading about turkey hunting. "The Literature of Turkey Hunting" by Jim Casada. One of the most elegant books I own.
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