Aleck Maury, Sportsman

“Gordon writes with infinite care, almost reverence. Not for her the mistake of so many authors who—in their attempts to make sport stand for something larger—lose sight of their subjects altogether. With her eye for the outdoors in all its variety, Gordon tells us, for example, how to bait a fishing hole with corn bread, how to teach a bird dog to ‘hunt dead.’ It may be arcane informa­tion, but it is imparted with such zest that most readers will find themselves pulled into Maury’s world.”—Sports Illustrated

“Obviously, no brief summary can do justice to Caroline Gordon’s masterful use of first person narrator point of view, or her amazing knowledge of sport (the book is practically a guide to the subject), or her descriptions of Southern culture, or any of the other elements that make Aleck Maury such a memorable work.”

—Dallas Morning News