Dead Duck

No other nonhuman source has served as the basis for more metaphors than animals. Speaking of Animals is a dictionary of animal metaphors that are current in American English. It is comprehensive, historical, and metaphor-based. Each entry refers to the other dictionaries that catalog that same metaphor, and the dates of first appearance in writing are supplied, where possible, for both the metaphor and the name of the source. The main text is organized alphabetically by metaphor rather than by animal or animal behavior; all the metaphors are classified according to their animal source in a list at the end of the book. An animal metaphor is a word, phrase, or sentence that expresses a resemblance or similarity between someone or something and a particular animal or animal class. True metaphors are single words, such as the noun tiger, the verb hog, and the adjective chicken. Phrasal metaphors combine true metaphors with other words, such as blind tiger, hog the road, and chicken colonel. Other animal metaphors take the form of similes, such as like rats leaving a sinking ship and prickly as a hedgehog. Still others take the form of proverbs, such as Don't count your chickens before they hatch and Let sleeping dogs lie. The horse is the animal most frequently referred to in metaphors, followed closely by the dog. The Bible is the most prolific literary source of animal metaphors, followed closely by Shakespeare.

Screenplays about soldiers in three wars: the Civil War, the Vietnam War and the War in Afghanistan.

This book contains a concise yet detailed guide on duck hunting, including remarks on blinds, decoys, making a hide, shelters, bird flights, trapping, and much more. This book is both informative and accessible, making it perfect for the amateur. A book sure to appeal to anyone with an interest in this avocation, 'A Guide for the Duck Hunter' is well deserving of a place in any collection of hunting literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Wildfowl Shooting – Duck Shooting', 'Guns for Duck Shooting', 'Blinds, Decoys', 'Making a Hide', 'The M. B. Curtain', 'When Inside a New Hide', 'Shelters in Open Fields', 'The Hen-coop Reproduction', 'Miscellaneous Hints', 'The Flight of Birds', 'Your Shoot', 'On Trapping Woodpigeons and Winged Vermin', 'The Legal Aspect of Wildfowling', 'The Gun for the Job', and 'More about Guns'. We are proud to republish this antique text here complete with a new introduction on shooting wildfowl.

Van Campen Heilner conveys his passion, expertise, and broad experience for waterfowl hunting based on his own experiences from before the full-scale industrialization following the Second World War. This book is a must for anyone who wants to learn about duck hunting, and also tap into the greater sensibility about the companionship it creates and the responsibility it places on its participants to act in an ethical manner, and to protect wetlands and waterfowl.