Blood Sport: A Journey Up the Hassayampa
Robert F. Jones. Lyons Press, $14.95 (256pp) ISBN 978-1-55821-576-4
A cult novel of hunting and outdoorsmanship, out of print since 1979. (May)
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Reviewed on: 03/31/1997
Genre: Fiction
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