The Wild Host: The History and Meaning of the Hunt

by Rupert Isaacson, Isaacson Rupert

Overview

A beautifully illustrated history of hunting; a meditation on the meaning of hunting spiritually and culturally; and a very personal hunting account. Destined to be controversial, Rupert Isaacson justifies and celebrates hunting while acknowledging the realities of a modern world of heightened compassion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781586670931
Publisher:	Derrydale Press
Publication date:	12/13/2001
Series:	Derrydale Press Foxhunters' Library Series
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	7.76(w) x 9.92(h) x 1.15(d)

About the Author

Rupert Isaacson lives in Austin, Texas. He is well-known to the foxhunting community through his regularly featured hunting articles in Hunting and Country Illustrated magazines published in the UK. He is a full time travel and environmental writer specializing in Africa.

Editorial Reviews

The Wild Host provides a personal and penetrating look at the world of foxhunting past, present, and-in a speculatory way- future.

In and Around Horse Country

Isaacson manages to educate the reader without droning on like a schoolmarm or imposing his views like a fanatic. Instead Wild Host is a joy to read. Isaacson is a master wordsmith, an articulate and eloquent guide who takes readers through the mysteries of the hunt.

The Chronicle Of The Horse - Nicole Lever

Isaacson manages to educate the reader without droning on like a schoolmarm or imposing his views like a fanatic. Instead, Wild Host is a joy to read. Isaacson is a master wordsmith, an articulate and eloquent guide who takes readers through the mysteries of the hunt.

Both words and pictures serve as the illustration to Isaacson's main philosophical thrust: "We need to hunt. We need it as a mechanism by which we stay in touch, close touch, with nature."

The Chronicle Of The Horse

A master wordsmith, with skill crafted from years of magazine writing, Isaacson is an articulate and eloquent guide through the ages and the mysteries of the hunt.

The Fauquier Times- Democrat

Isaacson manages to educate the reader without droning on like a schoolmarm or imposing his views like a fanatic. Instead, Wild Host is a joy to read. Isaacson is a master wordsmith, an articulate and eloquent guide who takes readers through the mysteries of the hunt.

Both words and pictures serve as the illustration to Isaacson's main philosophical thrust: "We need to hunt. We need it as a mechanism by which we stay in touch, close touch, with nature."

Bookshelf- The Chronicle Of The Horse