While There Were Still Wild Birds
Subtitle: A Personal History of Southern Quail Hunting
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: May 01, 2018
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780881466508
Description: A personal history of Southern quail hunting as it was lived at three different South Carolina quail hunting clubs and by related dog trainers, hunting guides, and hunters. The author's father, Richard E. Rankin, Sr., belonged to the first hunting club in Kline, South Carolina, and was a founding partner in the second hunting club, the Quail Roost Hunt Club, outside Manning, South Carolina. The third club featured was the Foreston Hunt Club.  Southern quail hunting was part of the larger culture, the book also discusses how race, gender, and environmental change impacted Southern quail hunting.
Notes: Source title: While There Were Still Wild Birds: A Personal History of Southern Quail Hunting