Corey Ford (1902-1969) was a well known outdoor writer with a particular love for upland hunting and bird dogs. Ford wrote what many consider the best outdoor short story of all time – “The Road to Tinkhamtown”, about a dying man dreaming about one last hunt with his bird dog in an old haunt. Ford published more than 500 stories and 30 books on many different subjects.
In the outdoor world, Ford wrote a monthly column for Field & Stream magazine titled “The Lower Forty Hunting, Shooting and Inside Straight Club”. Several outdoor books resulted from these stories, which were based around a fictional group of sportsmen in Hardscrabble, Vermont.
Corey Ford’s outdoor books:
You Can Always Tell a Fisherman (But Can’t Tell Him Much) (1958)
Minutes of the Lower Forty (1962)
Uncle Perk’s Jug (1964)
The Best of Corey Ford (1975)
The Corey Ford Sporting Treasury (1987)
Trout Tales & Other Angling Stories (1995)
Cold Noses and Warm Hearts (1996)
The Trickiest Thing in Feathers (1996)
Click here to read Corey Ford’s famous story, “The Road to Tinkhamtown”.
It is generally agreed that Corey Ford’s best and most unforgettable story is “The Road to Tinkhamtown”, and it is the last one in the anthology “The Best of Corey Ford”: They saved the best for last. The version of “The Road to Tinkhamtown” in this book is the simplest, cleanest, and purest I have read. Although the story was written decades before the concept of Rainbow Bridge came into being, it epitomizes the idea of meeting your dog at the bridge and joining him in the hereafter; the final few paragraphs capture this with exquisite beauty.
It is generally agreed that Corey Ford’s best and most unforgettable story is “The Road to Tinkhamtown”, and it is the last one in the anthology “The Best of Corey Ford”: They saved the best for last. The version of “The Road to Tinkhamtown” in this book is the simplest, cleanest, and purest I have read. Although the story was written decades before the concept of Rainbow Bridge came into being, it epitomizes the idea of meeting your dog at the bridge and joining him in the hereafter; the final few paragraphs capture this with exquisite beauty.
Thank you for your comments on Corey’s most unforgettable story, “The Road to Tinkhamtown”. The best version I have read is in “The Best of Corey Ford” (1975). Although written decades before the concept of Rainbow Bridge was conceived, the story epitomizes the idea of meeting your dog at the bridge and joining him in the hereafter. The final paragraphs capture this with exquisite and aching beauty.
Thank you for your concise bio of Corey Ford and bringing attention to his masterpiece, “The Road to Tinkhamtown”. It is generally agreed that this is Corey Ford’s best and most unforgettable story, and it is the last one in the anthology “The Best of Corey Ford” (1975): They saved the best for last. The version of “The Road to Tinkhamtown” in this book is the simplest, cleanest, and purest I have read. Although the story was written decades before the concept of Rainbow Bridge came into being, it epitomizes the idea of meeting your dog at the bridge and joining him in the hereafter; the final few paragraphs capture this with exquisite and aching beauty.