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| Another Country | 
 enlarge | Author: Jeff Cooper
Creator: Paul Kirchner
Publisher: Wisdom Publishing, Inc.
Category: Book
Buy New: $50.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 515844
Media: Hardcover
Edition: The Wisdom of Jeff Cooper, Volume 3
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0965540944
EAN: 9780965540940
ASIN: 0965540944
Publication Date: May 10, 2005
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Product Description
The third anthology by Jeff Cooper, shottist, author, philosopher, moralist and political commentator. Covers a variety of subject from war to guns to hunting to historical biography.
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Great book August 2, 2008
Great book by a great man. His generation will never be met by this liberal-crybaby nation.
The Late, Great Col. Cooper at his best! January 20, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
ANOTHER COUNTRY sees the late Colonel Jeff Cooper, writing-wise, at the top of his game. I've read most of Cooper's other books and numerous articles by him, and while all were very good, this one stands out in terms of both style and content as the most engaging and satisfying read of them all.
For those who are only familiar with Cooper via his last few years of "Cooper's Commentaries" (which tended to be, unfortunately, repetitive and predictable), you'll be delighted to know that this book is NOT a 300-page polemic on the perfection of the Steyr Scout rifle and the inferiority of all others. In terms of content, ANOTHER COUNTRY primarily consists of stories from Cooper's adventurous life. Most of these adventures involve hunting, exploring, teaching clients how to defend themselves in hostile environments, or combinations thereof. These are real adventures in a literal sense. However, like all great writing, ANOTHER COUNTRY is really about the big things in life - joy, honor, love, danger, pain - in other words, the things that make us human. Above all else, the Colonel displays in this book an appreciation of excellence in anything - from good scenery to a good story to a good meal to a good shot to a good man - that reminds me of the ancient Greek concept of arete.
In addition to his autobiographical pieces, Cooper also relates a few stories from other people, and rounds out the collection with a few topical essays as well ("The Barn" and "Pain" seemed atypical for Cooper, but in a good way - they were among my favorite chapters in the book.) A few of the chapters were previously published in other places, but most are unique to this book.
Stylistically, Cooper's writing struck me as better overall here than in his other works. He doesn't fall into the routine of using awkward, passive sentences - one of his few recurring writing vices - as often as in other books and articles. (I think this tendency, annoying to today's readers, reflects the fact that Col. Cooper received most of his education in the 1930s, a time when academic writers were in love with the supposed objectivity of the passive voice and hadn't yet realized that active sentences made their prose more readable without making them sound less knowledgeable. Read almost any pre-1950 history book and you'll see what I mean.)
Anyway, in sum, I believe this to be Colonel Cooper's finest. If nothing else, this book might make you take another look at the world around you and begin to really appreciate excellence - in whatever form it takes.
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