Classic sporting essays from the marsh: Alfred O. Christiansen recounts duck and goose hunts on Michigan’s Saginaw Bay with humor, grit, and a teacher’s eye for detail.
The book captures a late-20th-century waterfowling life and the changing wetlands that shaped it. Inside you’ll find brisk narrative chapters; outside, a bold Quick Specs
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Size: 9 × 6 × 0.05 in
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Material: Hardcover with dust jacket
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Color: Blue/bronze illustrated DJ; brown boards with gilt titles; cream pages
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Origin or Maker: Prairie Imprints, Stillwater, Oklahoma
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Year or Era: 1987
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GENRE: Sporting Essays · Waterfowl Hunting
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Language / Pages: English / 89 pages
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Identifiers: ISBN 0-9615098-4-8; Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 87-072052
Edition & Features (books)
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Edition/Printing: Not provided
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Dust Jacket: Present; price not shown on flap
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Illustrations/Maps/Plates: Text only; color-illustrated dust jacket
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Extras: Original publisher order form laid in
Condition
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Grade: Very Good
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Notes: Jacket shows light shelf wear and minor edge rubs; colors remain bright. Boards clean with sharp corners; gilt clear. Binding tight. Pages clean with mild age toning; no writing noted in samples. Order form present.
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Condition Grade Key
Near Fine: minimal wear; tight; clean.
Very Good: light wear; clean text; minor flaws.
Good: noticeable wear; sound reading copy; some marks.
Fair: heavy wear; complete but worn; priced accordingly.
About the Author / Maker: Alfred O. Christiansen
Alfred O. Christiansen was a Nebraska-born schoolteacher in Saginaw, Michigan. His memoir-style hunting pieces chronicle seasons on Saginaw Bay with partner Bob Salbenblatt and reflect a conservation-minded view of the marsh.
Add a clean copy of a hard-to-find waterfowling memoir to your sporting shelf while it’s here.
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