MY DOGS AND GUNS

MY DOGS AND GUNS This memorable book by one of our finest writers chronicles two passions: one for a dog named "Blue," another for the "guns of a lifetime." "Blue and Some Other Dogs" is a brilliant memoir about Graves' Basque-Australian sheep dog. "Guns of a Lifetime" tells the stories related to the guns this octogenarian Texan has owned, beginning with a "rusted and cylinderless" revolver. "So here are the stories," Graves writes. "They are not all nice tales in contemporary terms. Political correctness, as presently defined, may be perpetrated here and there, though I hope no parts will seem like the maunderings of a Deep South redneck. But if they do, the hell with it. I am too old to fret about such matters." Its delightful writing from a treasure of a writer.WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING:A great man, a great book. --Thomas McGuane on The Last Running by John GravesJohn Graves writing is invaluable . . . . The reader who misses him will have missed much. --Larry McMurtryABOUT THE AUTHOR:JOHN GRAVES lives and writes in Glen Rose, Texas, on 400 acres of rough Texas Hill Country. His books include Goodbye to a River, Hard Scrabble, From a Limestone Ledge and A John Graves Reader. He is a recipient of many honors for writing, was a National Book Award nominee, and is a former president of the Texas Institute of Letters. ISBN: 1-60239-029-0 publish date: 06/15/2007