One of the main ideas behind the Outdoor Sporting Library has been my desire to help resurrect the lost works of outdoor sporting fiction. In "The Demise of American Sporting Fiction", I wrote about how the Golden Age of such works has long been over, and we're in an era where folks don't consume outdoor fiction like they did in the past, leaving precious few writers around to … [Read more...] about Dave P. Fisher: A Resurgence in Outdoor Sporting Fiction?
Confessions of a Snowmobile Enthusiast
Snowmobiling purely for sport. It’s a concept not fully understood by many die-hard ice anglers, trappers and shed antler hunters who use snowmobiles as a means to a different end. But every year, thousands of folks make their way into the far northern reaches of the state of Maine with fancy new snow machines worth many thousands of dollars to burn some fuel riding the … [Read more...] about Confessions of a Snowmobile Enthusiast
Lew Dietz – Touch of Wildness
Short stories on the hunting, fishing and outdoors of Maine abound, and I'm fortunate to live in a place where such sporting literature is so common. Over the course of a few years here at OSL we’ve covered many of Maine’s outdoor writers, both old and new, but not all. If the name Lew Dietz doesn’t appear on your bookshelf, you may be missing out on some quality … [Read more...] about Lew Dietz – Touch of Wildness
In Fair Aroostook
Aroostook County has long been known throughout the Northeast for its wide open spaces, farming industry and, of course, as a destination for fish and wildlife enthusiasts. Known to many simply as “The County”, it’s always been an alluring place, but perhaps never more so than a century ago, when the area was being opened up by a new form of transportation – the Bangor & … [Read more...] about In Fair Aroostook
Leave Some for Seed
Growing up a reader of all things outdoors, I remember eagerly picking up the sports section of the Bangor Daily News to read Tom Hennessey’s column each time it appeared – not just for the simple, reflective nature of his close-to-home writing, but for the art. Hennessey was (and still is) above all things, an incredible artist. His sketches and paintings bring the outdoors to … [Read more...] about Leave Some for Seed