bestdefense357
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Some of my favorite books/authors were:
Jim Kjelgaard wrote many great books for kids. Several were "Snow Dog," "Stormy," and "Outlaw Red." But my all-time favorite by him was "Lion Hound." For a Florida boy who had never seen snow, this book was fascinating. As in all of Kjelgaard's books, the boy hero lived in a wilderness in the Northwest, and guns and hunting and trapping were what kept him and his father alive. I must have read that book a dozen times, and still love it.
Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories take place before England banned guns. When Holmes felt it was needed, he always asked Watson to bring along his revolver. In the "Hound of the Baskervilles," for instance, as the investigation into the strange happenings proceded, Watson kept his gun handy. Eventually, he used it to help end the seige of the monster dog. Holmes has always fascinated me--I still read those great stories.
Jungle Jim Corbett wrote at least three books about hunting man-eating lions, tigers, and leopards in Africa. They are, "Man-eaters," "Man Eaters of Kumaon," and "The Temple of Tiger and More Man Eaters of Kumaon." Although these books have long since gone out of style, they touched my imagination when I was a boy, and helped teach me the value of firearms.
Anybody else have any books that helped shape their pro-gun beliefs when they were young?
Robert http://www.ocala4sale.com/bestdefense
[This message has been edited by bestdefense357 (edited February 07, 2000).]
Jim Kjelgaard wrote many great books for kids. Several were "Snow Dog," "Stormy," and "Outlaw Red." But my all-time favorite by him was "Lion Hound." For a Florida boy who had never seen snow, this book was fascinating. As in all of Kjelgaard's books, the boy hero lived in a wilderness in the Northwest, and guns and hunting and trapping were what kept him and his father alive. I must have read that book a dozen times, and still love it.
Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories take place before England banned guns. When Holmes felt it was needed, he always asked Watson to bring along his revolver. In the "Hound of the Baskervilles," for instance, as the investigation into the strange happenings proceded, Watson kept his gun handy. Eventually, he used it to help end the seige of the monster dog. Holmes has always fascinated me--I still read those great stories.
Jungle Jim Corbett wrote at least three books about hunting man-eating lions, tigers, and leopards in Africa. They are, "Man-eaters," "Man Eaters of Kumaon," and "The Temple of Tiger and More Man Eaters of Kumaon." Although these books have long since gone out of style, they touched my imagination when I was a boy, and helped teach me the value of firearms.
Anybody else have any books that helped shape their pro-gun beliefs when they were young?
Robert http://www.ocala4sale.com/bestdefense
[This message has been edited by bestdefense357 (edited February 07, 2000).]