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Title: Aleck Maury, Sportsman by Caroline Gordon ISBN: 0-8203-1866-3 Publisher: University of Georgia Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Aleck Maury Sportsman - A novel by caroline gordon
Comment: "It is, in a sense, a prose AENEID, written with so much economy and constraint that the reader is only aware at the end that he has been following the wanderings of a hero." -Andrew Nelson Lytle, New Republic (1934)

Rating: 5
Summary: Absolutely Lyrical
Comment: A minor classic that is too often overlooked. The pure aesthetic beauty and simplicity of Gordon's language is a revelation.

Rating: 5
Summary: A masterpiece of Sport and the pursuit of excellence.
Comment: This highly regarded but not widely known masterpiece chronicles the life of Aleck Maury from his earliest forays into opossum hunting and flyfishing to his latter days of quail hunting and fishing in old age. His lifelong quest of excellence in the field conflicts with his commitments to family and social responsibility. The novel is based on the author's father. Ms. Gordon was the wife of Allen Tate, the noted literary critic and poet. The Agrarian context and concerns of Tate are evident in her work, though her writings are unique. She shows herself here and in her other novels to be a master of her craft.