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.

Over the years, a significant percentage of the letters which came into the ¿Pennsylvania Game News¿ office were concerned with game cooking. Readers either wanted to share favorite recipes or requested information on ways of preparing game birds or animals they had bagged. Enough letters suggested that ¿Game News¿ put out a game cookbook that early in 1978 they asked readers to send along their favorite recipes. So many were sent in that the editors had to select an assortment for most of the game birds & animals that Pennsylvania hunters are most likely to bring home. This cookbook includes nearly 200 recipes, as well as instructions on field dressing & skinning game. Illustrations.