Pennsylvania Game News

The long association between Ned Smith and the Pennsylvania Game News, which spanned some 35 years, resulted in a treasure trove of beloved and breathtaking wildlife art. Collected here for the first time are full-size reproductions of every Game News cover Smith ever created--121 in all, including both the twenty-fifth and fiftieth anniversary issues. Prized by collectors, remembered fondly by generations of sportsmen and -women, each cover captures the magic of being outdoors in Pennsylvania, winter, spring, summer, and fall.

Penn's Woods Passages celebrates both hunting and nature through essays, art and fiction and is unique among sporting books in that both words and art are the expressions of a single vision. Comprised of selections from more that 200 articles and scores of art, Penn's Woods Passages has been woven into a creative and compelling whole, a retrospect of a lifetime outdoors that originates from the inner regions of the heart with an appeal that extends far beyond the borders of Penn's Woods.