Ozark Ripley is a man's man, a regular he-man who loves the outo'-doors, the far reaches of the outlands, the quiet places of the hinterlands. When that can be said of another, there is little more to say. Ozark loves dogs, he knows more about hunting dogs and their training than any most men, and every dog loved Ozark. A man who loves dogs and is loved by dogs always rings true. From twenty years living continuously in the wilds of the outlands, Ozark has had experiences and stories of rod and gun that fall to the lot of few men, and these years have been spent in study of nature and her children. Few men know the real out-o'-doors like Ozark not the out-o'-doors of the featherbed resorts, but the good old mother earth out-o'-doors with a frying pan, a pack o' flour, a piece of bacon, and a blanket. The out-o'-doors of the rushing, tumbling stream, the wind-kissed lake waters, the woodland trail and portage, the sweet flower-scented swamp lands, God's greatest gifts to us his earth children