The Lost Classics of Jack O'Connor: Forty Exciting Stories from the Pages of Outdoor Life

About this book

Born January 22 1902 in Arizona Territory John Woolf OConnor ultimately became Americas most popular outdoor writer. From his first magazine article in 1934 which he sold to Sports Afield for a whopping $12.50 and continuing until just a few weeks before his death in 1978 Jack OConnor would write nine books on hunting and sporting firearms and more than 1 200 articles for Outdoor Life Field & Stream Redbook True and Esquire. His longest and most treasured magazine association however was with Outdoor Life. The Lost Classics of Jack OConnor features 40 of his best Outdoor Life articles none of which have ever appeared in any other book. They range from OConnors hunts for Coues deer in his beloved desert Southwest to his pursuit of Dall sheep and grizzlies in the Yukon and lions and leopards in Africa.