Decoys of the Mississippi Flyway Alan G Haid

Description: Minor shelf handling wear to pages, covers, and dust jacket. Cover has minor corner bumps, and dust jacket has minor scuffing and some discoloration areas. See pictures for a better idea of content and condition. OCR scan: DECOYS OF THE MISSISSIPPI FLYWAYby Alan G. Haid This book documents the outstanding an-tique waterfowl and bird decoys of one of thegreatest of all flyways - the Mississippi. Themajority of the examples used in this bookhave never been illustrated before. Includedare decoys of a wide range of species of ducks,geese, swans and shorebirds as well as the moreunusual egrets, gulls, crows, owls and one veryrare flicker.Written by a prominent collector and stu-dent of Mississippi Flyway decoys, this bookclearly documents the classic decoy of the fly-way and presents a broad spectrum of exam-ples of the individual makers in every impor-tant area. Chapters are included on Canada,Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana,Illinois, lowa, Missouri, Mississippi and Louisi-ana. The helpful carvers index gives the loca-tion and important dates for the 150 indi-vidual carvers.This book is a complete statement of therich decoy heritage of the Mississippi Flyway.It is an indispensible reference book for every-one interested in collecting waterfowl and birddecoys of this original form of American folkart. Cover Design by Steven Carothers THE AUTHOR: Alan G. Haid's interest inantique waterfowl and bird decoys developednaturally from his intense interest in their reallife counterparts. An avid hunter and conser-vationist all his life, he has travelled to everyimportant area of this Mississippi Flyway as ahunter. Later he retumned as a student to learnabout the decoys used in cach area. He hasfound and documented the classic examplesthat were made throughout the MississippiFlyway.A graduate of Purdue and Indiana Univer-sities, Alan has lived with his wife and foursons in Hamilton, Ohio and recently relocatedin Connecticut.He has been Cincinnati Area Chairman andOhio District Chairman for Ducks Unlimited,Inc., and is currently serving as a NationalTrustee. He is a member of the National Wild-life Federation and a life member of theNational Rifle Association.Alan is a member of the Board of Direct-ors of the Midwest Decoy Collectors Associa-tion and has served as chairman of the MidwestDecoy Collectors Association's Exhibition ofclassic antique waterfowl decoys in Chicagofor the last two years. He is a trustee of theOhio Decoy Collectors and Carvers Association, a member of the Ward Foundation, and amember of the Decoy Collection VisitationCommittee for the museums at Stony Brook.Alan has written articles for "North Ameri-can Decoys" and "The American SportingCollector's Handbook." A serious student ofantique decoys, Alan continnes to exploretheir fascinating heritage. SCHIFFER PUBLISHING LTD.Exton, Pennsylvania 19341 Printed in U.S.A TABLE OF CONTENTS DedicationIntroductionChapter 1. Mississippi FlywayChapter 2. CanadaChapter 3. MinnesotaChapter 4. WisconsinChapter 5. MichiganChapter 6. OhioChapter 7. IndianaChapter 8. IllinoisChapter 9. IowaChapter 10. MissouriChapter 11. MississippiChapter 12. LouisianaCarvers IndexBibliographyIndex Introduction One particularly exciting fall, 1 started hunting in Canada andfollowed the migration of ducks and geese down the Mississippi Flyway.The travels took me to Ohio, Illinois, Tennessee, Arkansas andLouisiana. It was interesting to watch the birds change from Fall toSpring plumage, to see the habitat fade from green to brown and torealize the phenomenon of Nature's great migration. During thesetravels, it was a wonder to me how the individual carvers of each areadeveloped different but successful decoy styles to lure the wild birds.Out of this wonderment came the desire to write a book about thedecoys of the Mississippi Flyway.That proved to be a giant undertaking. The purposes were twofoldto clearly document the classic decoys of the flyway and to present abroad spectrum of the individual makers from every important area.During my travels throughout the Mississippi Flyway to recordinformation and photograph decoys, it became apparent that much. moreinformation than could have possibly been used in this book. Muchmore information may rest in a single person's head and not be onrecord anywhere. This book is written as a challenge to these individualsto record this priceless information in future decoy publications before itis too late.Thanks go out to all those who helped me with this book. Furthergratitude goes to Roger Ludwig for his immense assistance on theWisconsin Chapter; to J. A. Tonelli, Jr., prominent Illinois River decoyhistorian, who gave freely his knowledge of the decoys, carvers andhunting traditions of Illinois; and to Brian Cheramie, foremostLouisiana decoy historian, for imparting his extensive knowledge ofLouisiana carvers. Special thanks go to Hal Sorenson for his inspiration,to Bob Dwyer for accompanying me on the Louisiana trip, and to JeanMenzer for patiently typing the manuscript.The friendships formed during the many exchanges of informationhave been very satisfying. It is hoped that these pleasant memories willendure forever. information on the carvers and their decoys does exist Alan G. HaidHamilton, OhioApril, 1981

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