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On the Way to the Fox Den
Articles, Excerpts, and Observations From the Hunt Field
About the Book
- Blue Cardinal Press
- May 13, 2023
- 156 Pages
With an eye always toward the jocular side of life, J. Harris Anderson has assembled a batch of work written over the past several years that’s sure to entertain.
A compilation of humorous pieces showing the lighter side of mounted hunting:
You Might Be a Foxhunter
The Foxhunter’s Guide to Life & Love
Name That Hunter
The Joint Replacement Club
Historical Hypocrisy
The Gate-Getter’s Guide to the Hunt Field
Those Were the Days (Or Were They?)
What’s Wrong With Wadsworth?
A Fox In Every Farm Name
Foxhunting vs. Golf
And much more
The forces of conservation and development clash amidst family strife.
The Latest in the Paradise Gap Series
About the Book
- Blue Cardinal Press
- February 14, 2021
- 292 Pages
“You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Till It’s Gone”
Myrna Billington is in a life-or-death predicament. In debt to a shady loan shark and pursued by a persistent enforcer, she flees to rural Virginia in hopes of selling her share of the family’s estate. The prospective buyer plans to build a major resort facility that will forever change the area’s rural nature.
Her brother, Thumper Billington, is master of the local hunt club and proprietor of the historic property. Convincing him to let her sell her part of Montfair will require subterfuge, duplicity, and ultimately the threat of personal ruin for him and those he cares about.
The forces of conservation and development collide with family heritage and traditional country lifestyle as siblings, friends, and neighbors grapple with decisions that will have ripple effects far beyond their own borders.
Sample
It began as a trickle of ebony tar creeping across the crest of the mountain. The thin vein broadened into a rivulet and cascaded over the apex like coal-black blood gushing from a head wound. Expanding, gaining force, it uprooted trees, lifted boulders, and carried them along as if they were twigs and pebbles roiling in a bubbling ooze.
Praise
The Prophet of Paradise
About the Book
- Blue Cardinal Press
- March 20, 2014
- 487 Pages
Foxhunting, Faith, and Pheromones.
Life around Paradise Gap, in Virginia’s Crutchfield County, has been cadenced to the comfortable traditions of foxhunting for many generations. And then Ryman McKendrick receives a vision.
Inspired by a message from Saint Hubert—or so he believes—Ryman launches The Ancient and Venerable Church of Ars Venatica, aka The Church of Foxhunting. Even the skeptics can’t ignore Ryman’s uncanny new powers. The Venatican ranks swell, hunters sing—literally—the praises of the sporting life, and a current of titillation flows among the participants, from teenagers to octogenarians.
The double meaning of “venery” (pursuits both sporting and erotic) blends happily into a single drive for many of Ryman’s ardent followers. But support is far from universal. Is one of Ryman’s detractors committed enough to go to the ultimate extreme?
The Prophet of Paradise takes you inside a rarified world of foxhunting, religion, and sex—a powerful cocktail of passion that can lead to pleasure or pain.
Sample
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Crutchfield County, Virginia Friday Morning, September 2 The Visions Begin The heavy heat of late summer lingered in the Piedmont. Horsemen scheduled their exercise rides early before the air turned to steam and the sparrow-sized horseflies massed for full assault. Thumper Billington rode out from his home, Montfair, shortly after sunrise. Cantering down a shady tunnel through the pine woods, he saw Ryman McKendrick walking across the open field ahead.
Praise
The Foxhunter’s Guide to Life & Love
Seven secrets to help improve your love life, and your love OF life.
About the Book
- Blue Cardinal Press
- October 31, 2017
- 216 Pages
Humorous, lighthearted, and earnestly practical advice.
J. Harris Anderson’s popular character Thumper Billington is at a crossroads in his life. A brief and impetuous marriage has ended, a new person has captured his interest. Has she captured his heart too? How can he assure this new relationship will be the one he’s always hoped for?
An avid foxhunter, he comes to a compelling realization: Life is about The Chase. Through a series of stories and lessons, told with wry humor and sprinkled with a wealth of practical tips, Thumper brings the reader along on his journey of discovery.
Whatever you’re chasing — an enriched relationship, overcoming challenges, learning a new skill — this book reveals the principles of the Foxhunter Model, a guide that anyone can use to get more out of life. It’s Dave Barry meets Rita Mae Brown meets Dr. Phil!
Sample
Introduction – The sexiest people on the planet My name is Thaddeus Augustus Billington IV. My friends call me “Thumper.” I am going to share with you seven principles that can lead to a life of fulfillment, build solid relationships, and, as an added bonus, be the foundation for some really great sex. It took me more than half a century, from early childhood to late middle age, to fully realize this knowledge. It came to me over all that time in what may seem an unlikely way—on the back of a horse, following a pack of hounds, chasing foxes.
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