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OTHER BOOKS BY J. I. MERRITT:

BARONETS AND BUFFALO: The British Sportsman in the American West

A narrative history of the American West as seen through the eyes and exploits of British sportsmen who ventured beyond the Missouri between 1833 and 1881. These gentlemen adventurers were drawn to this extraordinary country by what they had read and heard about it: the limitless herds of buffalo and other game, the chance to wander for months or years through one of the great wildernesses on earth, and — not least — the danger of Indians, which provided, as one of them put it, “that dash of excitement which is always needed to make any life really perfect.”

THE BEST OF FIELD & STREAM:
100 Years of Great Writing from America’s Premier Sporting Magazine (co-edited with Maggie Nichols)

This anthology of 51 articles published in Field & Stream’s first century (1896-1996) includes pieces by Zane Grey, Robert Ruark, A. J. McClane, Ted Trueblood, Roderick Haig-Brown, H. G. Tapply, Ed Zern, Datus Proper, Gene Hill, Nick Lyons, and Russell Chatham, among others. The game pursued is diverse as the great outdoors itself — from tuna and tarpon to trout and bass, from elk and grizzlies to woodcock and pheasants.

THE DERRYDALE
TREASURY OF FISHING

An anthology of fishing stories drawn from books published by the great Derrydale Press between 1927 and 1941. Contributors include Ernest Hemingway (“Marlin Off Cuba”), Van Campen Heilner (“The Channel Bass”), Kip Farrington (“Giant Bluefins of Jordan Bay, Nova Scotia”), Roderick Haig-Brown (“Summer Steelhead”), Eugene Connett (“Why Fly Fishing?”), and Charles Phair (“The Selection of Salmon Guides”); also, fish tales by Howard Walden, Edmund Ware Smith, and Ben Ames Williams.

The BEST OF PAW: 100 Years of
the Princeton Alumni Weekly

An anthology of the history, culture, and traditions of Princeton University, from Nobel laureates to Nude Olympians. Topics include Princeton’s greatest professors, what Woodrow Wilson really meant by “Princeton in the nation’s service,” the festival and fantasy of Princeton reunions, and how veterans, women, and minorities changed campus life. Plus profiles of Jimmy Stewart ’32, F. Scott Fitzgerald ’17, Moe Berg ’23, Bill Bradley ’65, and other prominent alumni.

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The above titles can be purchased at Amazon.com and other online booksellers. Baronets and Buffalo is out of print but is available from online used-book dealers such as AbeBooks.com (under the byline John Merritt) and Amazon.com . The author has a limited number of copies of Baronets and Buffalo in both hardcover and paperback; inquire about purchasing autographed or inscribed copies by emailing 66merritt@gmail.com. Click on the following titles to link to Amazon.com for The Best of Field & Stream, The Derrydale Treasury of Fishing, and The Best of PAW.

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