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A Man from Corpus Christi (Hardcover)
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A Man from Corpus Christi (Hardcover)
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In 1887 a Boston physician came to Texas for some bird hunting for
ornithological purposes. He found the perfect guide in John M.
Priour, a true hair-on-hide Texan, full of good natured abuse.
Priour led his Yankee friend on a 400 mile trek through bramble,
bog, forest, mud and more mud. When he returned to Boston, Dr.
Peirce wrote a book about his misadventures in Texas. Exceedingly
well written, poignant and humorous, this is the book Mark Twain
would have written had he ever embarked on a hunting trip in South
Texas. Now you can tag along as they fight off skunks and marauding
pigs. You will be there as they brave every fashion of Texas
weather in a tent made of quilts and calico. You'll watch their
dealings with former slaves living in the river bottoms. You'll
hear tales of love powders, ghosts and even a pterodactyl. And
through it all you'll enjoy the company of Absalom, the most
useless hunting dog ever to draw breath in Texas. This animal,
while greatly loved by Priour, brought them misery at every turn.
Of course, you'll read some well written and detailed accounts of
the bird hunting they did too. The journey takes you from Nueces
county, across the Coastal Bend to Brazoria, up to Columbus and
back to Corpus Christi through Victoria and Refugio.
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