Pack and Rifle
Author(s): Philip Holden
PACK AND RIFLE is the book that has inspired generations of hunters to experience all that wild New Zealand has to offer. First published in 1971, the book was immediately recognised as a classic of its genre. It recounts Philip Holden's adventures as a deer culler and contains a wealth of knowledge and hunting lore ready now to be taken up by a new generation of hunting and outdoor
enthusiasts. Some of the people named in the book have moved on and the dates are old, but some things never change. The hills today are just as they were when Philip first explored them and the adventure and thrill of the hunt still resonates from the page.
The book can be enjoyed by the young and upcoming hunter as well as those who will read the stories with a fond smile of nostalgia - those who have been there on younger legs and who once lived the adventures of hunting in New Zealand's mighty back country.
Product Information
Philip Holden was a skilled hunter, writer and photographer. Born in 1938 in Wales, he migrated to Australia with his parents at the age of 14. Later he worked in the outback where he experienced his first hunting adventures. When he was 23 years old he came to New Zealand to join the New Zealand Government Forest Service hunters. He wrote his first book called Pack and Rifle after his experiences as a government deer culler. The book was published in 1977 and immediately became a best-seller, the first of many. On his death in 2005, Philip had created 54 published volumes of work, making him one of New Zealand's most prolific and successful writers on the outdoors.
General Fields
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- : HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)
- : HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)
- : 0.4
- : July 2012
- : 234x153mm
- : New Zealand
- : July 2012
- : books
Special Fields
- : Philip Holden
- : Paperback
- : Paperback
- : 799.2993
- : 799.2993
- : 272
- : 272
- : photographs
- : photographs