A very enjoyable collection of essays from a terrific writer. The stories range widely but are all set against the backdrop of the great outdoors. Some are set in the South Carolina low country where the author grew up while others are set in Maine where the author now resides.

Franklin Burroughs is a wonderful story teller! He can put the reader in the time and place: sounds can be heard, smells can be smelled. Having lived both in the North Carolina and Maine, I am particularly enjoying this lovely book of stories and essays.

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Billy Watson's Croker Sack is candid and clear and Mr. Burroughs himself is an expert in syntax. The tales are honest and human without being sentimental. This is the type of book you listen to carefully, sounding out words, hearing them together. The style is self-effacing in some ways - I reread sentences, surprised the second time by their beauty, but more surprised that I didn't notice them as much the first time, the prose is so natural. And this is, perhaps, the best quality of the collection - that it so naturally evokes eloquence. I recommend this collection to anyone fascinated by words and sentences, but more to those seeking well-told yarns about the things that make us most human.