Beautiful excerpts on hunting from larger works. Most passages are about big game hunting in Africa. Not much about deer hunting in the Americas, which was what I was looking for. Nice none the less.

A collection of magazine articles and book excerpts. Except for the short on Francis Macomber, all rather forgettable.

Hemingway on Hunting by Ernest Hemingway (Lyons Press 2001)(818.0) features excerpts from Hemingway's writing about hunting. There is an introduction by Sean Hemingway and a forward by Patrick Hemingway, so the great man's estate is obviously on board. This is a companion book to Hemingway on Fishing. I'll take Robert Ruark's stories about hunting and fishing over those of Papa H. any day. My rating: 4/10, read 1/19/11.

Eclectic sorting of good passages of his work.

Hunting awesome animals like lions, bears, buffalo and leopards is super awesome.

As ever, Hemingway's writings move me. This conglomeration of articles and snippets from his other works all based on hunting and fishing satisfied my Hemingway cravings. I'm not a pro-hunting type and felt sad for the deaths of the different animals, but is was another time, another place, and written with eloquence.

The best part of this book was the Introduction by EH's grandson Sean. He reminisces on several stories regarding EH's hunting escapades and gives new details on his African safari trips which were very captivating. The first half of the book is excerpts from some of Hemingway's novels as well as some of his short stories and the second half contains hunting stories he published in magazines and wrote to friends in letters, as well as a few more short stories. The letters and magazine articles were the most interesting part of the main body of the book by far, and you could see Hemingway's wry humor show through in a more natural way, especially in his later stories.

I started this because I am hunting for the first time this year. I was disappointed that many of the stories were more about relationships than hunting. There were some parts I really liked, especially some of the wording.

It consists of short stories and excerpts, so you have to read them all to know if you will like any.

One thing to keep in mind is when the stories were written. Back in the day, people shot lots of game for the sake of shooting, not just to eat them. It appears that he learned to hunt more ethically later in his life, if you can go by his writings.

This is not a book for children, mainly because of the sexual references.