The Ninth Pup: Quail Plantation Stories

The Ninth Pup: Quail Plantation Stories by Tom Word. Hard cover. 123 pages.

From back cover:

Combining the techniques of Robert Ruark, Anton Chekhov, and O. Henry, Tom Word draws a portrait of Deep South quail plantations where for a century and a quarter the very rich have relished hunting and fishing in the company of horses and mules, pointing dogs and retrievers, and sagacious countrymen in a tradition reminiscent of the great sporting estates of Great Britain.