Jenny Willow

By Mike Gaddis

Book Overview

A moving first novel about a dog and a man, and the draw of wild places. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592284922
• ISBN13: 9781592284924
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Lyons Pr
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

You will cry, you will laugh out loud

To me this is more a story of each knowing his own mortality...about friendship, trust and love engendered by a gundog...I cried and I also laughed out loud reading this book which I completed in a day because I simply could not put it down. Any one who has had the privilege to sit on a mountain side in the company of a bird dog will understand this novel.

This books is one of my all time FAVORITES!!!

If you love bird dogs and upland bird hunting you will enjoy this book. This book is my all time favorite book about bird hunting and it was very hard to put this book down. I cannot wait for other books on this topic from Author Mike GAddis. A must have for your collection!!

Dogs, hunters, relationships and poetry

Mike Gaddis has caught the mood of many things in this beautiful novel: with a poetic narrative and believable dialogue, he has outlined the life of a dog in relation to the human lives she touches. First, there is Ben Willow, yearning for another pup to train and hunt and still grieving the death of his beloved wife. In quick succession, we meet his best friend, his daughter, some local characters and a caring family with a son about to embark on his own set of adventures. All of these center upon the dog, and the description of her reaction to things rings true, from her first discovery of curious things to her instinctive response to the call of her senses.The language of the book is wonderfully descriptive, recalling mind-pictures of nature seen, smelled and sensed. The reader is swept up into the story line, impatient to turn the page. There is a small glitch in the center of the book, a confusing description of local politics, but one can forgive this in a first novel, especially when it is overshadowed by so much of the book that works.The only problem with this book is one encountered before, the inability to put it down for a moment before reaching the satisfying conclusion.

Great dog book

All the hunters in my family read and loved this book - although not a training book but the love between a dog and man is clearly defined. If you loving hunting and especially with a bird dog you will love this book.

A Dog's meaning to Man and Vice Versus.

For someone looking for a book to learn how to train bird dogs or information on how to hunt the ruffed grouse, this is not the book.This is a book to sit down and savor how a beautiful little tri-colored English Setter and her master interacted over the last years of the man life. Jenny, was the "fountain of youth for her master, Ben.There are passages that will make, "a grown man cry." Any person who has owned good hunting dog will enjoy this book.Don't miss the enjoyment of reading this excellent novel.