Among The Aspens: Stolen Moments in Secret Coverts

Among the Aspens is the latest collection of essays on the outdoors from acclaimed nature and outdoor writer Thomas Carney. Culled from fifteen years of his award-winning "Tailfeathers" column in The Upland Almanac quarterly magazine, each of the thirty-nine pieces has been reworked, renewed and "remastered" to offer readers a fresh taste of the classic bird hunting themes Tom joyously explores. Come along as he shares both his sense of humor about his own exploits and capabilities and his sense of wonder, awe, love and respect for those elements of the upland gunning experience that draw bird hunters to the fields - season, upon season, upon season.TABLE of CONTENTSIntroduction .................... 1Chapter 1 Fall Terms ............ 5Chapter 2 Misses and Hits ....... 9Chapter 3 Gearing Down for Fall .13Chapter 4 For These Days ........17Chapter 5 A Man's Lair ..........21Chapter 6 Dames, Sheesh! ........25Chapter 7 Hear Ye, Hear Ye! .....29Chapter 8 Scenic Wonder .........33Chapter 9 Simple Matters ........37Chapter 10 Mea Culpa .............41Chapter 11 Nevada Smith Grouse ...45Chapter 12 Wayne, Nebraska .......49Chapter 13 Under Leaden Skies ....53Chapter 14 Two Dakotas ...........57Chapter 15 Power, Less ...........61Chapter 16 Pocketful of Change ...65Chapter 17 Home Rules ............69Chapter 18 Re-Maine-ders .........73Chapter 19 Leftovers .............77Chapter 20 Thoreau Had It Easy ...81Chapter 21 Signs and Warmings ....85Chapter 22 Keeping Secrets .......89Chapter 23 Notes Found on a Podium After a Banquet .......93Chapter 24 On Hunting Well: A Utica Letter ................97Chapter 25 Hip, Hip, Hooray! ....101Chapter 26 October Observation ..105Chapter 27 God...Quickly ........109Chapter 28 Where's the Fire? ....113Chapter 29 The Field ............117Chapter 30 Puppy Rules ..........121Chapter 31 Revisiting a Theme ...125Chapter 32 Grousemobile III...? .129Chapter 33 Convergence Zone .....133Chapter 34 Who, Me? .............137Chapter 35 Winter is Coming .....141Chapter 36 Deja New .............145Chapter 37 The Old Man and the Z 149Chapter 38 Guiding Lights .......153Chapter 39 Washed and Rinsed ....157