A collection of holiday tales, poems, and recipes celebrating hearth and hunt in the South of yesteryear

Jim Casada, a retired history professor, is one of the country's most widely published outdoor writers. He has written or edited more than forty books, contributed to many others, and authored some five thousand magazine articles. Casada has edited four previous Rutledge anthologies-Hunting and Home in the Southern Heartland; Tales of Whitetails; America's Greatest Game Bird; and Bird Dog Days, Wingshooting Ways. He has been honored with more than 150 regional and national awards for his writing, including the Federation of Fly Fishermen's Arnold Gingrich Memorial Award, the National Wild Turkey Federation's Communicator of the Year Award, and the South Carolina Wildlife Federation's Harry R. E. Hampton Memorial Award. A past president of the South Carolina Outdoor Writers Association, the Southeastern Outdoor Press Association, and the Outdoor Writers Association of America, he serves as editor at large for Sporting Classics and Turkey & Turkey Hunting magazines.