Download or read book The Gamekeeper written by Barry Hines and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-24 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humankind's relationship to nature is governed by money in this first US publication of a classic by the greatest chronicler of the British working class
Download or read book The Gamekeeper written by Portia Simpson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The H is for Hawk for lovers of the outdoors and wildlife. A fascinating memoir of Scotland’s first-ever qualified female gamekeeper. Portia Simpson grew up outdoors, always preferring to climb trees than play indoors. Talented and driven, she became the first female to graduate as a Gamekeeper and Wildlife Manager. In this wonderful memoir, Portia tells the story of how she first broke into a traditionally conservative, male-dominated profession and the skills, training and dedication that helped to set her apart. She gives an intimate account of a life filled with stunning landscapes, heart-wrenching lows and magnificent highs, and shares her expert insight into the world of game keeping. Offering a sense of wonder at the mystique and natural beauty of the wild, this is a fascinating and unique look at the life of the huntswoman. ‘The vividness of Portia Simpson’s writing seduces you, evoking her passionate connection with the raw, violent beauty of nature’ Libby Purves, Daily Mail
Download or read book The Gamekeeper s Directory written by Thomas Burgeland Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gamekeeper s Lady written by Ann Lethbridge and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frederica Bracewell grew up under a cloud of shame. As an illegitimate child, she was treated by her uncle like a servant. It wasn't until she encountered the new gamekeeper that shy, innocent Frederica started to feel like a true lady…. Lord Robert Mountford had been banished by his family. After a debauched existence, he reveled in the simplicity of a gamekeeper's lifestyle. Until temptation struck! Frederica's plain appearance and stuttering speech were a far cry from the ladies of the ton, but she might just be his undoing…and unmasking!
Download or read book The Gamekeeper written by Michael Harris and published by The Porcupine's Quill. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Gamekeeper, Michael Harris presents poems of sorrow, sensuality, quirkiness and humour—a grand variety of takes on the mortal landscape. With sharp wit and unaffected music, Harris handles the human and natural worlds with equal sensitivity. Of an apple tree, for instance, he says, "and the apple tree’s victory stays / stiff-necked, full of thrash / in its iron-bare head of black antler." Considering Emily Dickinson in a poem entitled "Death," we are drawn into the protagonist’s world with "Weathered billet-doux hang pinned / in the sheen of black crepe // that encloses her looking-glass / like a wreath of wet seaweed." The Gamekeeper contains a selection of poetry spanning five collections and over four decades, revealing the full range of one of the finest poets of his generation.
Download or read book The Gamekeeper S Son written by Ron Stewart and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been brought to my attention that not everyone knows what a gamekeeper really is, in fact, while going over some thoughts on the subject before I started writing, I now realize how complex and difficult this task is going to be. He is hired by the Laird, the owner of an estate, to protect all the game from predators and poachers (people who take game illegally). An estate may consist of hundreds of square miles and a few dozen farms also owned by the laird and leased to individual farmers. In the case of very large estates such as this, it would be necessary for him to hire as many as six gamekeepers each with his own section, or beat, to look after. In addition to a small wage, he would also have the use of a house owned by the estate with firewood, coal, milk, and oatmeal included, for as long as he remained in the employment of the laird. A gamekeepers day would start at daybreak and end at dusk seven days a week, but he did have some time to himself during the day when all his work was taken care of. When he was not out setting or checking his traps or snares for rabbits, he would be in his workshop repairing them. He had to maintain about forty traps and twice as many snares. He made all the snares from scratch, including the wooden pegs. He made all his bolt nets too. These were about three feet square with a drawstring woven in and out round the perimeter to which was attached a peg. He usually made them in the long winter evenings, sitting by the fire and listening to the radio. He was also required to protect the nests of game birds, such as partridge, pheasant, and grouse from predators, the worst offender being the hooded crow, a very wily bird that would nest in the tall pine trees. The gamekeeper would build a hide close to the nest and sit and wait sometimes for hours until the crow returned and he could shoot it. Weasels and badgers also created havoc on the birds nests and had to be controlled too. Poachers were always a problem. When he would find some strange traps or snares on his rounds, he would leave them intact and find a secluded spot nearby and wait until the poacher returned and apprehend him. His traps would be confiscated and sent on his way with a swift kick on the posterior and the threat of death should he ever be caught there again. The police were seldom involved. The gamekeeper was well respected in the community and was classed with the doctor, minister, schoolteacher, and policeman and was regarded as one of the main sources of information in rural areas since there were no telephones and few folks had radio. We had a radio (a Christmas gift from the laird), so he was much sought after for information regarding the progress of the war with the Germans. Anyone could depend on him for comfort or advice in any situation, and he was always a willing giver.
Download or read book The Gamekeeper s Wife written by Clare Flynn and published by Cranbrook Press. This book was released on with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping tale of love, sacrifice and determination in the aftermath of the First World War. He was broken in the trenches... She was broken by her husband... He is trapped by his inheritance... She is trapped by her past Martha Walters is the impoverished widow of an abusive man. Christopher (Kit) Shipley is the reluctant heir to a substantial family fortune. They never intended to fall in love, but sometimes the wrong person turns out to be the right one – until a terrible secret threatens to tear Martha and Kit apart forever. From an English country house to the jungles of Borneo, The Gamekeeper’s Wife, is sure to keep you up reading all night.
Download or read book The Gamekeeper s Daughter written by Eva Gordon and published by Eva Gordon. This book was released on 2021-04-09 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queen Victoria's top assassin, Lord Alexander Stokes harbors his fair share of dark secrets. Chief among them his membership in an elite brothel. When a damsel-in-distress appeals for his help, he ponders the consequences, yet her similarity to his first love intrigues him. He offers to help her with a single condition: that the beauty consents to be his chattel for an entire year. Given no choice, Julia agrees to his terms. Anything is better than going to the gallows for a murder she did not commit, especially when the real killer is stalking her. Despite her misgivings about being the masked man’s chattel, his raw masculine power lures her in like a hawk to her falconer. Can they learn to trust one another and live long enough to know true love?
Download or read book The Gamekeeper s Boy written by and published by Larks Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gamekeeper at Home written by Richard Jefferies and published by London : Smith. This book was released on 1878 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gamekeeper at Home written by Jefferies and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Earl and the Gamekeeper s Daughter written by Elizabeth Reed and published by Elizabeth Reed. This book was released on with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a steamy historical romance short story (word count 5,275). Alexander, the Earl of Southwark is besotted as soon as he lays his eyes upon Sian, the gamekeeper’s daughter. He knows he will not be able to rest until he makes her his! A conviction that grows even stronger when the gamekeeper offers Sian to him. But when Sian finds out about the agreement between Alexander and her father, she is left in a turmoil of emotions. She doesn’t want to be owned by anyone, and yet she finds herself powerfully drawn to the Earl!
Download or read book The Gamekeeper s Little Son and Other Stories for Children written by Frances Isabelle M. Kershaw and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gamekeeper s Daughter Or Waiting for the Angel written by and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Curiosities of Natural History A geological auction The Gamekeeper s museum In memoriam A hunt on the sea shore written by Francis Trevelyan Buckland and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gamekeeper s Directory Containing Instructions for the Preservation of Game Destruction of Vermin and the Prevention of Poaching Second Edition Revised by John B Johnson written by Thomas Burgeland JOHNSON and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gamekeeper s Directory Containing Instructions for the Preservation of Game Destruction of Vermin and the Prevention of Poaching History of S written by T. B. Johnson and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important historical record of the ways of an early gamekeeper is extremely difficult to find in its original printing. First penned in 1820, it was revised, and then published by the author's son in 1851 as a second edition. Very few of either edition remain today. We are now republishing it using the original revised text. Its 200 pages detail the life and work of a keeper in the first half of the 19th century. Some 150 years on, the reader will find much of the contents and advice still remains relevant to gamekeepers and shooting men. The author offers his book as a "Practical book of instruction for the class to which it is particularly addressed, as well as to Sportsmen in general." Thirty-five concise chapters detail methods of preserving game, whilst advice is also given on controlling some thirty species of birds and mammals then considered vermin. Other chapters discuss: Trapping; Poisons; Hereditary Instinct; Observations on Poaching; The Game Laws; Steel Man Traps; Dog Spears; General Observation etc.
