title: Mostly Tailfeathers: Stories About Guns and Dogs and Birds and Other Odds and Ends
author:  Gene Hill 
description: From dust jacket notes: "...This is a book about hunting and fishing, of course, but it's more than that; it's about the animals and objects, the people, the attitudes and emotions that make hunting and fishing important. It deals with chewing tobacco, pipes that won't stay lit, being raised by dogs, how to make good sandwiches, and how to soothe a wife. Anyone who understands the delights of a good pocketknife, the absolute necessity of a new gun or rod to add to his collection, the hopes that glow with the arrival of a new puppy, the superiority of old gunning clothes, the sleepy good cheer of a smoky fire, the mystique of flashlights and tackle boxes, will recognize himself in this book...."
zlib_text: Yards and Stripes
  Michael Francis
  
  Copyright © 2020 Michael Francis
  All rights reserved
  
  Table of Contents
  Chapter 1 Sowing the Seed
  Chapter 2 Four Meat Pies and a Snickers Bar
  Chapter 3 Dog Wash
  Chapter 4 Back to School
  Chapter 5 On the Money
  Chapter 6 Technical Difficulties
  Chapter 7 Boston
  Chapter 8 All Banks are Bastards
  Chapter 9 Volkswagen
  Chapter 10 A Lack of Local Knowledge
  Chapter 11 The Launch
  Chapter 12 My First Job
  Chapter 13 On the Clock
  Chapter 14 Hiding in Plain Sight
  Chapter 15 What’s in a Name?
  Chapter 16 The Pintail Lane Chainsaw Massacre
  Chapter 17 Lake Raisen
  Chapter 18 A Happy Accident
  Chapter 19 Riverside
  Chapter 20 Don’t Mention the War
  Chapter 21 A Cup of Tea and a Tetanus Shot
  Chapter 22 Qualifications
  Chapter 23 Wisteria
  Chapter 24 Squirrels
  Chapter 25 An Offer I Couldn’t Refuse
  Chapter 26 The Trash Monster
  Chapter 27 Anatomy
  Chapter 28 Meet the Neighbors
  Chapter 29 The Best Form of Defence
  Chapter 30 The Greenwich Tsunami
  Chapter 31 The Little House
  
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