When I was ten or so I started reading books that were in my grandfather's library. He was the Dean of the Engineering Dept at Texas A&M and had a room full of books covering many topics.

The first book I read was, "Man Eaters of Kumaon", and it blew me away. I'd rather read a book than a magazine article and a magazine article over an Internet article. It doesn't seem to me that as many books are written today about hunting and most magazine articles on hunting are thinly disguised advertising. So that leaves the Internet for me.

Mr. Deer's writing is a pleasant exception.


Don't roll those bloodshot eyes at me.