AN ANTHOLOGY OF GBE/OLD HEMLOCK PUBLICATIONS assembled and chronologically arranged by David L. Hall BOOKS mysteries: Death In Four Colors (Brandon Bird), Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1950 Never Wake A Dead Man (Brandon Bird), Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1950 Downbeat For A Dirge (Brandon Bird), Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1952 Hawk Watch (Brandon Bird), Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1954 The Pink Carrara (Harris Evans), Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1960 note: The mysteries were also published in paperback editions and in "mystery digests." The Old Hemlock Mystery Quintet (2 volume re-issue of all five suspense novels), Old Hemlock (limited to 500, slipcased together), 1996 upland gunning: The Upland Shooting Life, Alfred A. Knoff, New York, (trade, dust jacket), 1971 The Best of Nash Buckingham, Winchester Press (trade, dust jacket), 1973 Troubles With Bird Dogs, Winchester Press, Tulsa, OK (trade, dust jacket), 1975 The Ruffed Grouse Book, Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ (National Sporting Fraternity Limited, slipcased, limited to 1000), 1977 The Woodcock Book, Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ (National Sporting Fraternity Limited, slipcased, limited to 1000), 1977 Recollections of a Shooting Guest, Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ (National Sporting Fraternity Limited, slipcased, limited to 1000), 1978 The Bird Dog Book, Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ (National Sporting Fraternity Limited, slipcased, limited to 1000), 1979 The Upland Gunner's Book, Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ (National Sporting Fraternity Limited, slipcased, limited to 1000), 1979 An Affair With Grouse, Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ (National Sporting Fraternity Limited, slipcased, limited to 1000), 1982 An Affair With Grouse, Old Hemlock (trade, dust jacket), 1982 An Affair With Grouse, Old Hemlock (trade, 2 nd ed., slipcase), 1982
Men Who Shot, Old Hemlock (limited to 900, slipcase), 1983 Nash Buckingham's Letters to John Bailey, Old Hemlock (limited to 575, slipcase), 1984 Nash Buckingham's Letters to John Bailey, Old Hemlock (trade, dust jacket), 1984 Troubles With Bird Dogs, Old Hemlock (limited to 1500, slipcase), 1985 Grouse Along The Tramroad, Old Hemlock (limited to 1500, slipcase), 1986 The Upland Gunner's Book, Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ (trade ed., slipcase), 1986 A Dog, A Gun, and Time Enough, Old Hemlock (limited to 1250, slipcase), 1987 The Ruffed Grouse Book and The Woodcock Book, Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ (trade ed., two volumes in one slipcase), 1988 October Fever, Old Hemlock (limited to 1250, slipcase), 1989 The Bird Dog Book, Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ (trade ed., slipcase), 1989 GBE Introduces, Old Hemlock (limited to 1150, slipcase), 1990 Living With Gun Dogs, Old Hemlock (limited to 1500, slipcase), 1992 Grouse On The Mountain, Old Hemlock (limited to 1500, slipcase), 1994 From My Covers (22 selections from the Old Hemlock collection sporting books and myserty novels), Old Hemlock (limited to 1250, slipcase), 1995 Grouse & Woodcock in the Blackwater/Canaan, Old Hemlock (limited to 1500, slipcase), 1997
MAGAZINE ARTICLES by KAY and GEORGE BIRD EVANS note: an exceptional extra feature of the magazine pieces, beginning noticeably with Gray's and continuing, is the wonderful color photography by Kay which usually accompanies George's articles --DLH 1956 1957 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 p.27 1966 "Design for Setters," Field & Stream, December, p.122 "My Fallen Idol," Rod & Gun in Canada, August, p.10 "The Unmodified Bore (pt 1)," Pennsylvania Game News, September (vol. 30; no. 9), p.21 "The Unmodified Bore (pt 2)," Pennsylvania Game News, October (vol. 30; no. 10), p.23 "Empty Shells (pt 1)," Pennsylvania Game News, September (vol. 31; no. 9), p.16 "Empty Shells (pt 2)," Pennsylvania Game News, October (vol. 31; no. 10), p.26 "Empty Shells (pt 3)," Pennsylvania Game News, November (vol. 31; no. 11), p.50 "Season in the Sun," (Kay and George), Field & Stream, September, p.122 "Empty Shells (pt 4)," Pennsylvania Game News, January (vol. 32; no. 1), p.25 "The Christmas Grouse," Pennsylvania Game News, December (vol. 33; no. 12), p.20 "I'm Not A Gunning Widow," (Kay) Field & Stream, October, p.10 "Daddy Miss Bird? (pt 1)," Pennsylvania Game News, February (vol. 34; no. 2), p.25 "Daddy Miss Bird? (pt 2)," Pennsylvania Game News, March (vol. 34; no. 3), p.24 "Daddy Miss Bird? (pt 3)," Pennsylvania Game News, April (vol. 34; no. 4), p.19 "Tame Quail for Training," Field & Stream, January, p.20 "Your New Gun Dog," Pennsylvania Game News, April (vol. 35; no. 4), p.25 "Your New Gun Dog (pt 2)," Pennsylvania Game News, May (vol. 35; no. 5), p.55 "Blackwater Paradise," Field & Stream, November, p.29 "Quail Recall Pen," Field & Stream, November, p.120 "Scent Pointing Without Birds," Field & Stream, April, p.180 "How Not To Be A Gunning Widow," (Kay) PA Game News, November (vol. 36; no. 11), "Don't Move, There's A Quail On Your Head," PA Game News, April (vol. 37; no. 4), p.2 "Open Letter to a Fast Man Behind a Wheel," PA Game News, July (vol. 37; no. 7), p.61 "The Aging Gun Dog," Field & Stream, November, p.146 1967
"Test Your Hunting Know-How," Field & Stream, May, p.66 "Bird in Hand," Pennsylvania Game News, July (vol. 38; no. 7), p.16 "Top Map," Pennsylvania Game News, October (vol. 38; no. 10), p.14 1968 1969 1970 1971 1973 1974 1975 "Scent And The Gun Dog," Field & Stream, February, p.162 "When You Inherit A Purdey," Pennsylvania Game News, March (vol. 39; no. 3), p.12 "Would I Encourage a Boy to Shoot?" Pennsylvania Game News, August (vol. 39; no. 8), p.2 "The Senior Sportsman," Pennsylvania Game News, September (vol. 39; no. 9), p.7 "Passing of a Pennsylvania Sportsman," PA Game News, February (vol. 40; no. 2), p.15 "Twilight Astronaut," Pennsylvania Game News, April (vol. 40; no. 4), p.14 "Man With a Gun," Pennsylvania Game News, July (vol. 40; no. 7), p.14 "Range: How Close, and How?" Field & Stream, September, p.152 "The Strange Ways of Grouse," The American Sportsman, Winter (vol. 3; no. 1), p.38 "A Path to Our Door," (Kay), Pennsylvania Game News, March (vol. 41; no. 3), p.21 "Leaves of a Gunner's Diary," The American Sportsman, Summer (vol. 3; no. 3), p.36 "Dogs That Live Forever," Field & Stream, June, p.234 "The Man Who Is Welcome," Wildlife in North Carolina, October, p.7 "The Bloody Merry and Other Problems," Field & Stream, November, p.142 "Portrait of a Setter," Pennsylvania Game News, January (vol. 42; no. 1), p.7 "When Your Retriever Refuses," Field & Stream, April, p.220 "The Grouse and Woodcock Dog," Field & Stream, July, p.126 "The October Bird," American Hunter, October (vol. 1; no. 1), p.10 "A Closer Look at Electronic Collars," American Hunter (vol. 1; no.3), p.34 "The October Bird," American Rifleman, June (vol. 122 ; no. 6), p.94 "The Gunner and the Grouse," Sports Afield, September, p.44 "A Bird in the Hand," Gray's Sporting Journal, Fall (Preliminary Issue), p.76 1976 "The Quest for Quality," Gray's Sporting Journal, Fall (vol. 1; no. 5), p.24 "The Upland Shooting Wife," (Kay) Gray's Sporting Journal, Fall (vol. 1; no.5), p.82 1977 1981 "The Positive Point," American Hunter, April (vol. 4; no. 4), p.48 "The Covert," Gray's Sporting Journal, Upland Birds (vol. 2; no. 4), p.54 "Sonnet to a Grouse Dog," Gun Dog, Sep-Oct (vol. 1; no. 1), p.8 (Kay's photo of Briar on
cover) "From My Coverts -- Ghosts Living and Dead," Gun Dog, Nov-Dec (vol. 1; no. 2), p.8 BOOK REVIEW (Kay), Common Sense Grouse and Woodcock Dog Training by Roy W. Strickland in Gun Dog, Nov-Dec (vol. 1; no. 2), p.62 1982 1983 1984 no. 1985 p.34 1986 1987 1988 "A Son For Briar," Gun Dog, Jan-Feb (vol. 1; no. 3); p.8 "Linebreeding," Gun Dog, Mar-Apr (vol. 1; no. 4), p.52 "Tradition in My Hands," Gun Dog, May-Jun (vol. 1; no. 5), p.28 "The Bird Dog Portraits of Edmund Osthaus," Gun Dog, Jul-Aug (vol. 1; no. 6), p.28 "Flight of Fancy," Gun Dog, Sep-Oct (vol. 2; no. 1), p.8 "The Grandeur and the Glory," Gun Dog, Nov-Dec (vol. 2; no. 2), p.22 "Aiden Lassell Ripley," Gun Dog, Jan-Feb (vol. 2; no. 3), p.16 "Cold Noses," Gun Dog, Mar-Apr (vol. 2; no. 4), p.46 "William Harnden Foster," Gun Dog, Jul-Aug (vol. 2; no. 6), p.16 "A Covert Out of Time," Gun Dog, Sep-Oct (vol. 3; no. 1), p.12 "Placing A Litter of Gun Dog Puppies," Gun Dog, Nov-Dec (vol. 3; no. 2), p.64 "Gun Fit Revisited -- Part I," Gun Dog, Jan-Feb (vol. 3; no. 3), p.24 "Gun Fit Revisited -- Part II," Gun Dog, Mar-Apr (vol. 3; no. 4), p.52 "A Flame Passed Down," Gun Dog, Jul-Aug (vol. 3; no. 6), p.16 "Numbers -- The Way to Beat the Other Fellow and Yourself," Gun Dog, Sept-Oct (vol. 4; 1), p.92 (Kay's photo of Belton on cover) "A Christmas Grouse," Gun Dog, Nov-Dec (vol. 4; no. 2), p.10 "See the Birdie," Gun Dog, Jan-Feb (vol. 4; no. 3), p.16 BOOK REVIEW: "A Rage for Falcons by Steve Bodio," Gun Dog, Mar-Apr (vol. 4; no. 4), p.41 "Quest Comes Home," Gun Dog, May-Jun (vol. 4; no. 5), p.10 "Quest Comes Home -- Part II," Gun Dog, Jul-Aug (vol. 4; no. 6), p.84 "Opportunity Flies But Once," N. Buckingham ( ed. GBE), Wildfowl, Aug-Sep (vol. 1; no. 1), "Going Back," Gun Dog, Sep-Oct (vol. 5; no. 1), p.50 "The Last Indian Summer," Gun Dog, Jan-Feb (vol. 5; no. 3), p.32 "My View," Sporting Classics, May-Jun (vol. 5; no. 3), p.14 "My Purdey," Sporting Classics, Sep-Oct (vol. 5; no. 5), p.66 "Quest for the Perfect Gun Dog," Sporting Classics, Sep-Oct (vol. 6; no. 5), p.30 "From My Coverts, Ghosts Living and Dead," The Best of Gun Dog (special edition), p.74 (Kay's photo of Briar on cover) "A Sorcery of Woodcock," Shooting Sportsman, Jun-Jul (vol. 1; no. 4), p.4 "Wild Clays," Shooting Sportsman, Jun-Jul (vol. 1; no. 4), p.78
"The Thorns," Shooting Sportsman, Oct-Nov (vol. 1; no. 6), p.4 "A Winter's Tale," Shooting Sportsman, Dec '88-Jan '89 (vol. 2; no. 1), p.16 1989 1990 1991 1992 "My Gun Cabinet," Shooting Sportsman, Oct-Nov (vol. 2; no. 6), p.80 "The New Gun," Shooting Sportsman, Dec '89-Jan '90 (vol. 3; no. 1); p.32 "Giants of the Coverts" (Kay's photos), Shooting Sportsman, Oct-Nov (vol. 3; no. 3), p.12 "A Fancy for Bracework," Shooting Sportsman, Aug-Sep (vol. 4; no. 2), p.16 "Luck of November," Game Journal, Jan-Feb (vol. 1; no. 1), p.77 "Light Guns, Light Loads & A Gentle Bird," Game & Gun, Jul-Aug (vol. 1; no. 1), p.12 1993 1994 1996 1997 "Don't Go Near The Water," Pointing Dog Journal, Jan-Feb (vol. 1; no. 1), p.14 "Point of Pride," Pointing Dog Journal, Mar-Apr (vol. 1; no. 2), p.34 "The Quality of Time," Pointing Dog Journal, May-Jun (vol. 1; no. 3), p.20 "Solo Bird Dogs," Pointing Dog Journal, Jul-Aug (vol. 1; no. 4), p.36 "A Bird Dog Fancy," Pointing Dog Journal, Sep-Oct (vol. 1; no. 5), p.62 "Back-Country Grouse," Pointing Dog Journal, Nov-Dec (vol. 1; no. 6), p.62 "Hunting the Blackwater Canaan" (USL "sampler"), Goldenseal, Winter (vol. 12; no. 4), p.36 "The Ache of Memory," Pointing Dog Journal, Mar-Apr (vol. 2; no. 2), p.32 "End of Day," Pointing Dog Journal, May-Jun (vol. 2; no. 3), p.24 "How Many Days?" Pointing Dog Journal, Jul-Aug (vol. 2; no. 4), p.33 "When The Blood Is There," Pointing Dog Journal, Sep-Oct (vol. 2; no. 5), p.42 "Indian Summer Interlude," Pointing Dog Journal, Nov-Dec (vol. 2; no. 6), p.401995 "Anniversary," Pointing Dog Journal, Jan-Feb (vol. 3; no. 1), p.48 "Char," Pointing Dog Journal, Mar-Apr (vol. 3, no. 2), p.16 "Dissertation on Missing," Pointing Dog Journal, Jul-Aug (vol. 3, no. 4), p.30 "The Witchery of Woodcock," Pointing Dog Journal, Sep-Oct (vol. 3, no. 5)), p.20 "The Doll's Covert," Pointing Dog Journal, Nov-Dec (vol. 3, no. 6), p.34 "Stony River," Pointing Dog Journal, Jan-Feb (vol. 4, no. 1), p.25 "A Shooting Man's Thoughts on His 89 th Birthday," Pointing Dog Journal, May-Jun (vol. 4, no. 3), p.42 "They Are On The Move," Pointing Dog Journal, Sep-Oct (vol. 4, no. 5), p.54 "Not Since Laverack," Pointing Dog Journal, Jan-Feb (vol. 5, no. 1), p.20 "Not Since Laverack, Part II," Pointing Dog Journal, Mar-Apr (vol. 5, no. 2), p.42 "Where Gunners Gather," Pointing Dog Journal, Sep-Oct (vol. 5, no. 5), p.38 "When the Woodcock Moon," Pointing Dog Journal, Nov-Dec (vol. 5, no. 6), p.21 1998
"Remembrance of Things Past," Pointing Dog Journal, Jan-Feb (vol. 6, no. 1), p. 20 "What Became of Bécasse," Pointing Dog Journal, Mar-Apr (vol. 6, no. 2), p. 22 "Is Your Gun As Old As You Are?" Pointing Dog Journal, May-Jun (vol. 6, no. 4), p. 12 note: This was George's last published article. This issue of DGJ announced his death of 5 May after a brief illness. In addition to Catherine Harper's introduction to GBE's article, David Meisner devoted his editorial column, "Our Point," to George.
BOOKS WITH GBE ARTICLES American Sportsman (The), Winter 1970 (vol. 3, no. 1), The Ridge Press: New York, "The Strange Ways of Grouse," p.38 American Sportsman (The), Summer 1970 (vol. 3, no. 3), The Ridge Press: New York, "Leaves of a Gunner's Diary," p.36 note: The previous two titles are also listed under "magazines." The American Sportsman was, in appearance, like a book -- hardbound, articles and pictures, with no advertisements. The publishers were Jerry Mason and Fred B. Sammis, and the editor was Adolph Suehsdorf. American Sporstman Treasury (The), Alfred A. Knopf, pub., New York, 1971, "The Strange Ways of Grouse," p.136 Hunting Moments of Truth, Eric Peper and Jim Rikhoff, eds., Winchester Press, New York, 1973, "Bonasa umbellus monticola NÖEL," p.21 The Expert's Book of Upland Bird & Waterfowl Hunting, David E. Petzal, ed., Simon and Shuster (A Cord Communications Book), 1975, "Woodcock Hunting," p.61 Pennsylvania Game News Treasury, Bob Bell, et.al., editors, Pennsylvania Game Commission, Harrisburg, PA, 1979, "How Not To Be A Gunning Widow" (Kay), p.313 Pennsylvania Game News Treasury, Bob Bell, et.al., editors, Pennsylvania Game Commission, Harrisburg, PA, 1979, "When You Inherit A Purdey," p.342 Hunting The Southlands, Lamar Underwood, ed., The Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ, 1986, [Limited edition of 1000 by The National Sporting Fraternity, Ltd.], "A Box of Shells," p.521 The Art of Shooting Flying, Vol. I, Stephen J. Bodio, ed., GSJ Press, S. Hamilton, MA, 1988, two titles: "A Gun To Remember," p.98 "The Quest for Quality," p.132 note: Bodio dedicates this volume "To George Bird Evans and Kay, who live the life." Come October, Countrysport Press, Traverse City, Michigan, 1991 [Limited edition of 250 and trade edition], "In The Coverts Of Our Minds," p.13 Bare November Days, Countrysport Press, Traverse City, Michigan, 1992 [Limited edition of 500 and trade edition], "Sixty-seven Seasons Gunning Grouse," p.39 A Breed Apart, Vol. I, Countrysport Press, Traverse City, Michigan, 1993 [Limited edition of 500 and trade edition], "Bittersweet," p.1
BOOKS WITH GBE INTRODUCTIONS Upland Game Bird Shooting in America, Eugene V. Connett (ed.), The Premier Press, Camden, SC, 1985 [Limited edition] Grouse Feathers, Burton L. Spiller, The Premier Press, Camden, SC, 1986 [Limited edition] Woodcock Shooting, Edmund W. Davis, The Premier Press, Camden, SC, 1987 [Limited edition] Robert ABBETT (Masters of the Wild series), Michael McIntosh, Briar Patch Press, Camden, SC, 1989 Eastern Upland Shooting, Dr. Charles C. Norris, Countrysport Press, Traverse City, Michigan, 1989 [Limited and trade editions] BOOKS WITH KAY EVANS PHOTOGRAPHY Wingshooters Autumn, Willow Creek Press, 1986, pp.141, 167, 213 [reprinted, ] Just Dogs, Willow Creek Press, 1988, pp.25, 100, 138 ARTICLES ABOUT KAY & GBE / OLD HEMLOCK / OH SETTERS 1983 "A Visit To Old Hemlock" (Dave Meisner interviews George and Kay), Gun Dog, Sep-Oct (vol. 3; no. 1), p.28 1992 "Old Hemlock," Chapter 17 in A Hunter's Road, Jim Fergus, Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1992, p.136 1993 6, "The life of their time," Peggy Ross, The Dominion Post (Morgantown, WV), Friday, August Section D, p.1,6 "Dogs and Birds and Shooting," Peggy Ross, Goldenseal (a West Virginia cultural quarterly), Winter (vol. 12; no. 4), p.32 1996 "An Old Hemlock Puppy Flies Home," Catherine Harper, Pointing Dog Journal, Jul-Aug (vol. 4, no. 4), p.44 "Old Hemlock, a Way of Life," Catherine Harper, Pointing Dog Journal, May-Jun (vol. 5, no. 3), p.36