An Unofficial 'The MeatEater Podcast' Reading List

Ep. 064: Bozeman. Steven Rinella talks with Kevin Murphy, the world's greatest small game hunter, along with Helen Cho, Brittany Brothers, Michelle Jorgensen, and Janis Putelis of the MeatEater crew.

May 18, 2017

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Subjects discussed: the MeatEater crew's favorite things about The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game; Kevin's rotating trophy; Sylvalagus aquaticus; just one more...
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Books Referenced

Old Man and the Sea

Author: Ernest Hemingway

Context:

Speaker discusses how their father read this book to them as children while camping, noting it was chosen because it was a fishing story rather than for its literary importance as a Pulitzer Prize winner.

Where the Red Fern Grows

Author: Wilson Rawls

Context:

Speaker asks Kevin if he had read this book, in the context of discussing hunting-related children's literature.

Light in the Forest

Author: Conrad Richter

Context:

Described as a book about a boy captured by Indians in Eastern settlements who is raised by them, then forced to return to settlements during a treaty, only to escape back to the Indians. Described as 'a solid book' for young adults.

Old Yeller

Author: Fred Gipson

Context:

Mentioned as part of discussion about the American literary canon being full of hunting stories and children's books about hunting.

The Big Woods

Author: William Faulkner

Context:

Kevin Murphy describes discovering this book of Faulkner's hunting stories by accident at a bookstore. He found it and thought it looked good, leading to his appreciation of Faulkner's hunting-related literature.

As I Lay Dying

Author: William Faulkner

Context:

Kevin mentions this was a Faulkner book they were made to read in high school or grade school, but it was not a hunting book.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Author: Mark Twain

Context:

Mentioned in discussion about high-minded American literature featuring hunting and fishing, specifically noting Huck Finn as a great fisherman.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Author: Mark Twain

Context:

Mentioned alongside Huckleberry Finn in the same discussion about American literary canon and hunting/fishing themes.

The Hunger Games

Author: Suzanne Collins

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Referenced as a positive depiction of hunting in literature, noting that the protagonist hunts deer and other food with archery.

Father and Son

Author: Larry Brown

Context:

Mentioned as one of Larry Brown's novels that was made into a movie. Brown was a fireman in Oxford, Mississippi who became a novelist and was an avid squirrel hunter.

Big Bad Love

Author: Larry Brown

Context:

Listed as another of Larry Brown's novels that was adapted for film.

On Fire

Author: Larry Brown

Context:

Mentioned as one of Larry Brown's works in the discussion of the novelist who was also an avid outdoorsman and squirrel hunter.