From the breeding grounds of Canada to the wintering grounds of the Gulf of Mexico, the men who know the story of wildfowling in the Mississippi Valley share their knowledge, their passion, with that very special market of other sportsmen. The plenty of the past- the decline, almost elimination- conservation- and the future are here viewed through factual records, game lore, personalities, anecdotes of gunning episodes, and- state by state- the characteristics, the peculiarities, the attributes are presented by writers who are first and last sportsmen. Familiar names in their field. Special.