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S P O R T I N G C L A S S I C S • 13 This 'N That NEW LYNN BOGUE HUNT BOOK TO FEATURE SOME 150 PAINTINGS Acclaimed wildlife artist Lynn Bogue Hunt, who illustrated more national magazine covers than any other artist in history, is the focus of a beautiful new coffee-table book from Sporting Classics. Hunt was America's most popular and prolific outdoor illustrator of the mid- 20th century—the "Golden Age" of the American outdoors. He painted a record 106 covers for Field & Stream; illustrated dozens of books on waterfowling, upland bird hunting, and saltwater fishing; designed the 1939-'40 Federal Duck Stamp; and was described by his friend Ernest Hemingway as "the finest painter of game birds that we have in America." Lynn Bogue Hunt—Angler, Hunter, Artist showcases the complete collection of Hunt paintings acquired by New Jersey sportsman Paul Vartanian. Not only is it the world's largest collection of Hunt paintings, drawings, and memorabilia, but the largest and most complete collection of the work of any major sporting artist. Along with a fascinating text by Sporting Classics Senior Editor Tom Davis, Lynn Bogue Hunt—Angler, Hunter, Artist features some 150 iconic images that will thrill Hunt fans and be a revelation to those less familiar with the legendary artist. This sumptuous 9x12-inch book is available in a hardbound Collector's Edition for $60 and a limited (500) leather-bound Deluxe Edition, signed and numbered by Paul Vartanian, for $90. To order, call (800) 849-1004 or visit www.sportingclassicsstore.com. n thE ElDEr huntErs in thE snOw by Pieter bruegel The way to hunt is for as long as you live against, as long as there is such and such an animal; just as the way to paint is as long as there is you and colors and canvas, and to write as long as you can live and there is pencil and paper or ink or any machine to do it with, or anything you care to write about, and you feel a fool, and you are a fool, to do it any other way. —Ernest Hemingway, Green Hills of Africa A CHRISTMAS WISH by Gene Hill There are a lot of legends and stories about Christmas wishes . . . and how I wish this year that wishes were real and I had one now and then. My old dog Tip, I know, wishes she could run the fields again instead of having to shuffle slowly at my heels. And I'd like to wipe away the touch of winter that has come to stay forever with some of my old shooting friends. Some folks say to be careful of what I wish for because it might come true. But I don't think you and I would abuse the privilege. I don't know what I'd do if I was rich, so I wouldn't wish for that this Christmas. I'd like to take the friendships that I deeply treasure and really stretch them out for times to come. Old dogs, old friends, old brooks and quail meadows that I have learned to love especially should never change or go away. I think I know the wish that we'd all like to have. A handful of friends . . . a handful of dogs . . . would have their sweetest yesterdays become tomorrows. n Editor's Note: "A Christmas Wish," is a selection from Gene Hill's A Hunter's Fireside Book. To purchase a copy, visit www.sportingclassicsstore.com or call (800) 849-1004.