Reminiscences Of An Old Sportsman (Volume Ii)

By John Potter Hamilton

Book Overview

Step into the hedgerows and high ground of Victorian sport, where a keen eye and steady nerve mattered as much as manners. These are memories worth keeping. In Reminiscences Of An Old Sportsman (Volume II), John Potter Hamilton continues his fluent, reflective sporting memoirs, shaping a field sports memoir that balances practical observation with the textures of companionship, landscape, and changing custom. Rather than a single plot, you get a sequence of hunting and shooting tales and country sports anecdotes, told with an elder's perspective: what a day in the field felt like, what was admired, what was frowned upon, and how rural sporting life fit into the wider rhythms of estate, village, and season. As classic sporting literature, it captures the idiom and assumptions of 19th century Britain, offering a candid look at victorian england sports and the social codes around british country sports, without modern varnish. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. This public domain classic speaks to readers who simply enjoy well-told reminiscence, and to sports history collectors seeking an authentic period voice to sit beside their finest collectors edition shelves. Dip in for a fireside chapter, or read straight through for the slow accumulation of experience. Hamilton writes as a participant, not a lecturer, making this volume ideal for casual readers, and indispensable for anyone tracing the origins of modern sport in Britain.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354502741
• ISBN13: 9789354502743
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"