Item #2326610 The Wind on Your Cheek or More Chips from the Log of an Artist Sportsman. William J. Schaldach, Arnold Gingrich, Introduction.

The Wind on Your Cheek or More Chips from the Log of an Artist Sportsman

Rockville Centre, New York: Freshet Press, 1972. Schaldach, William J. Signed Copy. Large Hardcover. Near Fine / No Jacket. Item #2326610

Signed by author with inscription, "To June & Martin Alley, who enjoy the things that this brook portrays. With all good wishes from the author--William J. Schaldach Tubac, Arizona September 25, 1973." Lacks jacket. Minor general wear.

160 pp. Four color plates, black & white illustrations throughout text. "William J. Schaldach is a man to whom trout fishing and upland shooting have been a way of life for upwards of sixty years. He is also that rare combination of skills and talents -- a first-class sportsman who is also a beguiling writer and an artist of exceptional accomplishments. As Arnold Gingrich says in his Introduction, 'Try to find a blend of artist, angler, and author in anything like a reasonable balance; if you succeed, you have a very rare specimen indeed.' Mr. Schaldach is that very rare specimen, as readers of his exquisite Currents & Eddies and Coverts & Casts will readily attest. Humorous, poignant, and nostalgic by turns, The Wind on Your Cheek is rich with warm memories of days spent afield and on the stream. Mr. Schaldach is a fine compound of writer-artist-sportsman, but he is more than that; he is also an observant naturalist, a tolerant student of human foibles, and a teller of some alarmingly tall tales. Mr. Schaldach has seen the rapid-fire development of the twentieth century from early on, and he remembers the more easy going days of its beginning decades. His evocations of the Catskills in an earlier time will fascinate readers who know the same surroundings as they are today. Many familiar landmarks are here, but in these pages they are seen in a different light -- the light of seasons past, when people were fewer, fish and game more plentiful, and the improbable more likely to occur. His affectionate and clear-sighted verbal portraits of dogs, game birds, and outsized trout are perfectly complemented by his finely wrought etchings and drawings. Most of the dry points and aquatints in this volume were published in very limited editions and have become prized collector's items. Two are published here for the first time. The Wind on Your Cheek will be read by a grateful audience of sportsmen for many years to come, and its brilliant drawings and etchings will be a constant source of pleasure to all who love the graphic arts and the arts of rod and gun."

Price: $30.00

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