February 23rd, 2008
Outdoors
Books engage outdoor enthusiasts
With few outdoor chores to tend to and darkness that settles in much too early in the day, we find that more books are consumed at our house this time of year than any other.
For the outdoor enthusiast, plenty of recent and older titles will keep you thoroughly and cozily engaged as the earth makes its journey toward spring. Here are three of our favorites.
For Hunters: “Heart Shots: Women Write About Hunting”
Hunting still isn’t thought of as something in which women engage in great numbers, although 2 million hunting licenses were sold to women in 1998. Scrutiny of historical documents reveals that women have hunted all along — it isn’t something they’ve taken up only lately as some sort of feminist coup.