The Varmint and Crow Hunter's Bible (1962)by Bert Popowski |
It's Varmint Killin' Week here at Deuce of Clubs, yassuh!
But there's more than varmint killin' lore in this hyar book, yassuh! For example, there's ignorant racial commentary! Hooray! A small percentage of humans own an allergy to many animal poisons, ranging from those carried by insects on up. An example was my late brother-in-law, Gideon Seymour, of Associated Press, Wirephoto, magazine, and newspaper fame. He was once chin-stung by a wasp at my wilderness home. In five minutes he had a "fat lip" that beat anything Floyd Patterson or Ingemar Johansson could produce in one lick. And in fifteen minutes Gid could have rivaled any Ubangi in the lipshelf he sported. |
And if that's not enough, the volume is lovingly illustrated with scenes of tender savagery: |
Still thirsty for blood? How about some virtual varmint killing? |