From Ridgetops To Riverbottoms

A Celebration of Outdoor Life in Tennessee

By: Sam Venable

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Paperback | 18 August 1995

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From Ridgetops to Riverbottoms takes the reader on a journey down the many winding roads of the outdoor experience in Tennessee. Such a journey requires a seasoned guide, and there can be no better one than journalist Sam Venable, who has written about the woods and waters of his native state for the past twenty-five years.

For Venable, the outdoor world is meant to be enjoyed. Whether he is casting popping bugs to bluegills during the frenzy of a willow fly hatch, lying motionless on his back in muddy corn stubble as mallards warily circle his decoys, savoring the sounds and scents of a moonlit summer night when smallmouth bass are on the prowl, or issuing plaintive love calls to an amorous wild turkey gobbler, the author's fascination with outdoor recreation never diminishes. And, as the reader quickly finds, this fascination is contagious.

Along with the lightheartedness and rich humor in these pages, there is an unmistakable love of the land and a deep concern for the endangered bond between nature and humankind. Like the trout in the stream or the deer in the forest, Venable suggests, we are as much a product of the land as any living creature. And what affects one—for better or worse—ultimately affects all.

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Editor's Foreword
Back Then
Sounds of Silence	p. 3
Lucky	p. 5
Safety First	p. 7
Closing Day	p. 9
The Best Presents	p. 11
Nature's Wretched Revenge	p. 14
Misspent Youth	p. 16
The First Freeze	p. 20
Whatever Happened to Old Blue Jeans?	p. 23
Give Me Autumn	p. 25
Going Solo	p. 27
Cruelty by Degrees	p. 29
Presto, Chango	p. 31
Making Sense out of Scents	p. 33
Ages and Stages	p. 35
The Strike	p. 37
You Don't Have to Pull the Trigger	p. 41
A Fireside Chat	p. 43
Getting the Bugs Out	p. 47
Sole Food	p. 50
Fishing Is Fun - No Matter How You Do It	p. 52
A Crime against Nature	p. 55
That Ol' Brown Magic	p. 57
An Official Fish	p. 60
Forget the Rules	p. 62
In Search of Trout	p. 64
Dumb Luck	p. 67
Douglas Crappies Don't Read Books	p. 69
A Sure Sign of Spring	p. 72
The Brook Trout of Bass	p. 74
By the Light of the Moon	p. 77
Pint-Sized Powder Kegs	p. 80
Hurry Up and Wait	p. 83
How to Be Bad with Good Trout	p. 88
Spring Flowers	p. 90
Gone and, Sadly, Forgotten	p. 92
Water Woes	p. 94
For the Birds	p. 98
Gas Pains	p. 100
Death in the Forest	p. 102
A Fine "Flare"	p. 104
First, You Gotta Read the Program	p. 106
Leapin' Lizard	p. 109
Something for Everyone	p. 111
Trashed on Politics	p. 113
Silent Spring	p. 115
"See" Gulls	p. 117
Just Change the Rules	p. 119
Going Batty	p. 121
Leave Those "Orphans" Alone	p. 123
Fly in the Sky	p. 127
Taming the Wild Mushroom	p. 129
Objectoes de Arte	p. 131
How to Pack for Trips	p. 133
Answers, Please	p. 135
Lost and Found	p. 137
Auction Advice	p. 139
For Dog Training Purposes Only	p. 141
Diary Entry No. 187	p. 143
Recycle, America!	p. 146
Country Living	p. 148
Altruistic Angling	p. 150
Chirping to a Different Tune	p. 152
Holy Cow!	p. 154
Rule of Thumb	p. 156
As Years Go By	p. 160
The Potentate of Powell	p. 162
Uncle Charlie Proffitt	p. 166
High on the Hog	p. 169
Not Your Standard Funeral	p. 173
These Legs Are Made for Walkin'	p. 175
The Bouncer	p. 177
Heroes of the Blizzard	p. 178
Under Pap-paw's Watchful Eye	p. 180
Fishing for a Living	p. 183
Not-So-Tiny Tim	p. 185
There Is No "Off Season"	p. 188
A Family Full of Champion Liars	p. 190
Problems with Pintails	p. 194
Wet-Weather Friends	p. 196
A Friend in Need	p. 199
The Common Denominator	p. 202
Woodcock Woes	p. 204
Big Black Dogs Are My Kind of People	p. 206
Marital Stress	p. 211
Less-Than-Modern Weapons	p. 213
Just Like Dan'l	p. 215
Think First, Shoot Later	p. 219
Setting the Record Straight	p. 221
Family Affair	p. 223
Number One	p. 226
Bluebills and Bluewings	p. 231
The Perils of Quailing	p. 235
The Pitfalls of Partridges	p. 237
Mr. Bewilderness	p. 239
Feeling Sympathy	p. 241
Launch Ramp Lunacy	p. 243
Hooked on the Holston	p. 245
No Pain, No Gain	p. 248
Trouble on the Line	p. 250
Shared Miseries	p. 252
Awards Time	p. 254
Itchin' for Blackberries	p. 257
Snort! Snort!	p. 259
Who's the Dumb Turkey?	p. 262
Iced Fishing	p. 264
The Last Laugh	p. 266
One Down, One Million to Go	p. 268
Mother Nature's Miscues	p. 270
Beating the Odds	p. 275
Tables Turned	p. 278
Gloom and Doom	p. 280
Thrill of the Chase	p. 282
Double Dose of Fortune	p. 286
Last Day Luck	p. 288
A Monster Musky	p. 290
A Penny's Worth of Trouble	p. 292
Hillbilly Alligators	p. 294
The Fight of Their Lives	p. 296
Ruined Records	p. 298
Lightning Strikes Once, Twice, Thrice!	p. 300
Upland Game in the Lowlands	p. 304
Crappie Country	p. 306
Don't Mess with Alice	p. 309
Tons of Texas Turkeys	p. 311
Back Home	p. 314
Bountiful Birds	p. 317
A Big Puddle of Water	p. 320
Halloween in the Bayou	p. 323
One, Two, Three, Four	p. 325
The 2,147-Mile Ordeal	p. 327
Selected Readings	p. 329
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.

From Ridgetops To Riverbottoms

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