Product code: The purchases One-Eyed Poacher and the Maine Woods by Edmund Ware Smith - paperback 1955
"Jeff Coongate, the title culprit of these stories is a kind of Maine Woods Robin Hood - a purchases poacher of gigantic proportions, of awesome prowess and resourcefulness, for whom the violation of game laws represents an assertion of human dignity, an instinctive response to the challenge of nature, and an act of self affirmation. A double kind of hunt goes on in the pages of this book: the poacher in pursuit of his game and the warden in pursuit of his victim. Nature is on Jeff Coongate's side and the county doesn't stand a chance against poetic justice." Except for the corner of page 49 having been bent, (see photo), I see no flaws in this paperback book. Free shipping by USPS Media Mail.
"Jeff Coongate, the title culprit of these stories is a kind of Maine Woods Robin Hood - a purchases poacher of gigantic proportions, of awesome prowess and resourcefulness, for whom the violation of game laws represents an assertion of human dignity, an instinctive response to the challenge of nature, and an act of self affirmation. A double kind of hunt goes on in the pages of this book: the poacher in pursuit of his game and the warden in pursuit of his victim. Nature is on Jeff Coongate's side and the county doesn't stand a chance against poetic justice." Except for the corner of page 49 having been bent, (see photo), I see no flaws in this paperback book. Free shipping by USPS Media Mail.