The Chronicles of Major Peabody: The Questionable Adventures of a Wily Spendthrift, a Politically Incorrect Curmudgeon, an Unprincipled Wagerer and an Obsessive Bird Hunter. Galen Winter

       Table of Contents

       Table of Contents

       Cover

       In the Beginning

       Woodcock - 1

       Fiction is Stranger than Truth

       Bear Story

       Experts

       Dog’s Best Friend

       Animal Rights

       It’s Hell to Grow Old

       Shame

       Homo Homoni Lupus

       Woodcock - 2

       Gun Control

       Misdirection

       The Three Little Pigs

       Rara Avis

       Educating Bruce Golightly

       Oh, the Humanity of It All

       Quack, Quack, Quack

       A Philosophic Interlude

       Another Bear Story

       Carl Wussow’s Spring Pond

       You Can’t Win

       Look for the Silver Lining

       Adversity

       Surprise

       Save the Environment

       A Christmas Carol

       Ground Swatting

       Vengeance Is Mine Saith Peabody

       October Song

       Impressions

       Equality

       Exercise

       Nightmare

       It’s Not All Roses

       Other books by Galen Winter

       Back cover

      The Chronicles of

      Major Peabody

      The Questionable Adventures

      of a Wily Spendthrift,

      a Politically Incorrect Curmudgeon,

      an Unprincipled Wagerer and

      an Obsessive Bird Hunter

      by

      Galen Winter

      CCB Publishing

      British Columbia, Canada

      The Chronicles of Major Peabody: The Questionable Adventures of a Wily Spendthrift, a Politically Incorrect Curmudgeon, an Unprincipled Wagerer and an Obsessive Bird Hunter

      Copyright ©2012 by Galen Winter

      ISBN-13 978-1-927360-84-2

      First Edition

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Winter, Galen, 1926-2012

      The chronicles of Major Peabody [electronic resource] : the questionable adventures of a wily spendthrift, a politically incorrect curmudgeon, an unprincipled wagerer and an obsessive bird hunter / written by Galen Winter – 1^st ed.

      Short stories having first appeared in Shooting sportsman magazine.

      ISBN 978-1-927360-84-2

      Also available in print format.

      1. Hunting stories, American. I. Title.

      PS3573.I53675 C47 2009 813'.54 C2009-901226-X

      Additional cataloguing data available from Library and Archives Canada

      The stories contained herein were first published in Shooting Sportsman magazine.

      Extreme care has been taken to ensure that all information presented in this book is accurate and up to date at the time of publishing. Neither the author nor the publisher can be held responsible for any errors or omissions. Additionally, neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.

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      Publisher:

      CCB Publishing

      British Columbia, Canada

       www.ccbpublishing.com

      Dedication

      For their assistance in funding his future hunting and fishing expeditions, the author gratefully acknowledges and sincerely thanks everyone who buys this book.