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  • "Chappie" - Anthony Chapman

    by Ron Black ...
    "Chappie" - Anthony Chapman, a Lakeland huntsman, followed by many, respected by all. Here is another title to add to Ron's stable of carefully researched books. Highlighting the career of another Lakeland legend and the Coniston Foxhounds with the help of local newspaper reports of the time and oral history transcripts, we are offered a glimpse into the world of the Cumbrian farming communities ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Lathom Remount Depot of World War One

    by Ron Black ...
    At the outbreak of World War I in 1914 horses were requisitioned by the Army and gathered at Remount Depots in the UK where they were prepared for their tasks before being shipped to France. Many of these animals, both horses and mules, had already undergone a sea voyage across the Atlantic from America and Canada before reaching Britain. Lathom Park in Ormskirk, Lancashire, owned by Earl Lathom, ... Read more

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    Perfect Peace

    A Novel

    by Daniel Black ...
    Narrated by Ron Butler ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 30 min

    When the seventh child of the Peace family, named Perfect, turns eight, her mother Emma Jean tells her bewildered daughter, "You was born a boy. I made you a girl. But that ain't what you was supposed to be. So, from now on, you gon' be a boy. It'll be a little strange at first, but you'll get used to it, and this'll be over after while." From this point forward, his life becomes a bizarre ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Ullswater Foxhounds 1914–1965 The Second 50 Years : “It was not an ideal hunting morning”

    History of the Ullswater Foxhounds, #2

    by Ron Black ...
    Series Book 2 - History of the Ullswater Foxhounds
    To quote from Chris Brennan's review: "The atmospheric photographs accompany hunt reports from back in the day. Also included are notes on hunt business and added quotes from noted gentry of that time. W. G. Skelton, a good supporter of hounds and who penned a book on Bowman has plenty to say in his admiration and others also contribute. Compiled in chronological order, which takes some dedication ... Read more

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  • The Mardale Hunt - A History

    by Ron Black ...
    A detailed and well researched glimpse of the characters, the customs, the social life, the hunts and hound trails that took place before the valley became a reservoir in the 1930s. The annual Mardale Shepherds' Meet is probably the best known of all the 'meets' of the Lakeland Fell Packs, yet there does not appear to have been a book written about it before. "Older than the memory of man", it ... Read more

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  • 'The Flying Whip' -The Story of Braithwaite 'Brait' Wilson and the Ullswater Foxhounds

    by Ron Black ...
    The story of Braithwaite "Brait" Wilson is incomplete despite considerable research and many emails and phone calls. His war records were bombed by the Luftwaffe in the Second World War and it is impossible to even find out in which of the Liverpool Battalions he served, let alone where he served and what might have happened to him, which may give a clue as to the reason for some of his subsequent ... Read more

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  • The Ullswater Foxhounds 1863-1913 The First 50 Years

    History of the Ullswater Foxhounds, #1

    by Ron Black ...
    Series Book 1 - History of the Ullswater Foxhounds
    This is the first of two books and 'The Ullswater Foxhounds 1913-1963 The Next 50 Years' will be published soon.Ron Black is a native Lakelander with roots going back to 1700, the 4th generation to follow hounds, with ancestors who stood on the cold tops at dawn, moved the heavy Lakeland stone to free trapped terriers and also 'carried the horn' on occasions.Recently he was told that 95% of ... Read more

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  • The Lunesdale & Oxenholme Staghounds - A History

    by Ron Black ...
    As you pass Junction 35 on the northbound M6 the road slowly begins its climb, which will ultimately end at Shap summit. To the west, the hills of Lakeland fill the horizon. To the east, Ingleborough, once thought to be the highest peak in England, peeps over the trees and motorway barriers. To hunting folk the Lakeland fells are home to the fell packs. Small hunts with a long history run on a ... Read more

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  • Hunting Songs Volume Two : Lakeland Songs

    by Ron Black ...
    Neil Sainsbury, Hon Secretary, Central Committee of Fell Packs writes: Ron has recently followed up his successful book produced last year of Lakeland Hunting Songs with Hunting Songs Volume 2 : Lakeland Songs which gives us more of the same. It has always been a great tradition up here in the fells for supporters of the Fell Packs to pen vocal tributes to memorable hunts, famous huntsmen and even ... Read more

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  • Bowman

    by Ron Black, Wendy Fraser ...
    Anyone with a love of hunting will find "Bowman", Ron Black's fascinating book about Joe Bowman, the legendary Huntsman of the Ullswater Foxhounds, an essential edition to their library. The Ullswater was formed in 1793 from the amalgamation of the Matterdale and Patterdale Hunts and six years later, the then Master, Squire Hasell, appointed Joe Bowman as Huntsman and apart from a short break in ... Read more

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  • Bubby's Brunch Cookbook

    Recipes and Menus from New York's Favorite Comfort Food Restaurant

    by Ron Silver, Rosemary Black ...
    Brunch has become America’s favorite culinary pastime, a wonderfully appetizing and leisurely dining experience unfettered by either time constraints or choice of entrée—and a ritual so increasingly popular that it’s not just for Sundays anymore. And, hands down, no one does it better than Bubby’s, the New York City destination restaurant that has been a hangout for hungry city dwellers and ... Read more

    Was $5.99 USD Now $4.99 USD

  • Bobby Troughton and the Kendal Otter Hounds

    by George Stewart, Jean Gidman, Ron Black ...
    Born into poverty in 1835 Bobby played truant from school to follow the local pack of hounds. On leaving school he worked as a waller, like his father before him, and then stone mason before taking on building projects in and around Kendal. By 1884 had had become landlord of the Hyena Inn and although the founding date of the Kendal Otter Hounds is not known it was around this time that Bobby ... Read more

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