From Publishers Weekly
The first paperback edition of the 1955 collection of four stories about nature and hunting includes The Bear and Race at Morning . Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal
This 1955 title combines the four stories "The Bear," "The Old People," "A Bear Hunt," and "Race at Morning," gleaned from assorted Faulkner works.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Book Description
"The Bear, " "The Old People, " "A Bear Hunt, " "Race at Morning"--some of Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner's most famous stories are collected in this volume--in which he observed, celebrated, and mourned the fragile otherness that is nature, as well as the cruelty and humanity of men. "Contains some of Faulkner's best work."

From the Inside Flap
"The Bear, " "The Old People, " "A Bear Hunt, " "Race at Morning"--some of Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner's most famous stories are collected in this volume--in which he observed, celebrated, and mourned the fragile otherness that is nature, as well as the cruelty and humanity of men. "Contains some of Faulkner's best work."

About the Author
William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi, on September 25, 1897. Faulkner had begun writing poems when he was a schoolboy and published a poetry collection in 1924 at his own expense. In 1950, Faulkner traveled to Sweden to accept the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature. He died of a heart attack on July 6, 1962.

ANNOTATION

"The Bear, " "The Old People, " "A Bear Hunt, " "Race at Morning"--some of Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner's most famous stories are collected in this volume--in which he observed, celebrated, and mourned the fragile otherness that is nature, as well as the cruelty and humanity of men. "Contains some of Faulkner's best work."

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Big Woods is a collection of Faulkner's best hunting stories. An avid hunter as well as one of America's greatest writers, Faulkner spent many days hunting in the big woods near Oxford, Mississippi. Included here is his most famous hunting story, "The Bear," as well as "The Old People," "A Bear Hunt," and "Race at Morning." Together, these four stories are considered to be the finest hunting stories ever written. Each is introduced with a prelude that weaves these tales together into a modern American classic. In Big Woods, Faulkner creates a variety of unforgettable characters: Sam Fathers, the Indian guide; the bear, Old Ben; and his bear dog, Lion; the young boy; and Major de Spain. Faulkner also wrote eloquently about our loss of hunting area. Even in the '40s and '50s Faulkner presaged the incipient decrease in wildlife habitat. "￯﾿ﾽ In the old days we came in wagons and pitch a camp in the rain￯﾿ﾽand rise at daylight the next morning and hunt￯﾿ﾽNow a man has to drive two hundred miles to find enough woods to harbor game worth hunting." This book, a classic collection of sporting literature, belongs in the library of every sportsman. Big Woods was published in 1955. It has long been out of print in hardback, and a copy of the book commands up to $175 if you can find one. This special edition of 1,200 copies is bound in rich cloth on 70-pound acid-free paper, with a silk ribbon and a handsome slipcase. Brett Smith, one of today's foremost sporting artists, created six full-page etchings especially for this edition. Noted author Jim Casada provided a special introduction.

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly

The first paperback edition of the 1955 collection of four stories about nature and hunting includes The Bear and Race at Morning . (May)

Library Journal

This 1955 title combines the four stories "The Bear," "The Old People," "A Bear Hunt," and "Race at Morning," gleaned from assorted Faulkner works.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Faulkner... belongs to the full-dressed post-Flaubert group of Conrad, Joyce, and Proust.  — Edmund Wilson

For all the range of effect, philosophical weight, originality of style, variety of characterization, humor, and tragic intensity [Faulkner's works] are without equal in our time and country.  — Robert Penn Warren