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Category Archives: Short Stories
Dud Dean and His Country
In 1946, Arthur MacDougall, Jr. published “Dud Dean and His Country”, another collection of his popular Dud Dean stories. Dean was the fictional Maine guide who was the cornerstone of most of MacDougall’s writing. Tales of Dud Dean’s adventures captivated … Continue reading
My Big Buck
“My Big Buck” was Gerald E. Lewis‘ second book, and his first of two collections of outdoor stories of Maine. Published in 1978 by The Thorndike Press, the book contains a telling foreword by legendary Arthur R. MacDougall, Jr., and … Continue reading
The Tame Trout
summary by Greg Tuttle and Jeremiah Wood “The Tame Trout and Other Backwoods Fairy Tales” was narrated by Ed Grant and published by Phillips: Maine Woods and Woodsman Print in 1904. Grant was the proprietor of Grant’s Kennebago Camps and … Continue reading
Last Hunt
Here, in its entirety, is a story I published in the Northwoods Sporting Journal in 2011. The last person Fred Barnes expected to hear from when he picked up the phone was his old pal Gene Burdette. It was with … Continue reading
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NWSJ Column: Last Hunt, Part III
LAST HUNT, PART III (reprinted from the Outdoor Sporting Library column in the Northwoods Sporting Journal) This month’s column marks the third of a three part story, entitled “Last Hunt”. In the previous two entries (Last Hunt Part I and … Continue reading
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NWSJ Column: Last Hunt, Part II
(Reprinted from the March 2011 issue of the Northwoods Sporting Journal) The theme of this column for the past couple of months has been the art of writing the fictional outdoor story. I described some of the basics I have … Continue reading
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Where the Trees Grow Too Close Together
Field & Stream’s Keith McCafferty wrote an incredible story back in 1984 about a trapper in the Bob Marshall Wilderness of Montana and his encounter with a grizzly bear. Click here to read “Where the Trees Grow Too Close Together”.
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