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Author Reeve, William C., 1943-

Title Peter M. Pringle : master decoy maker / William C. Reeve ; photography by Christopher Kindratsky, Peter M. Pringle, and William C. Reeve
Published Montréal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 199 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits
Series CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection
Contents CONTENTS -- PLATES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- Introduction -- 1 The Man -- 2 The Outdoorsman -- 3 The Decoy Maker -- 4 The Amateur Archaeologist and Cartographer -- 5 A Final Word -- APPENDICES -- 1 The Black-Powder Days -- 2 The Final Rig (1929�1946) -- NOTES -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y
Summary "An avid outdoorsman, Peter Pringle began carving decoys in 1898 and in 1928 set himself the goal of producing the best rig of decoys in the world. Employing his skills as a commercial artist and going to great lengths to ensure the utmost accuracy, he fashioned approximately 120 of what many now consider to be among the finest examples of duck decoy art. Because he carved exclusively for his own use and made only a few decoys for close friends, his work remained largely unknown until recently." "William Reeve chronicles Peter Pringle's life and achievements, showing why his duck decoys are celebrated today. He traces their fate after Pringle's death in 1953 and establishes their creator firmly as one of the greatest practitioners of his craft."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-194) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Pringle, Peter M., 1878-1953.
SUBJECT Pringle, Peter M., 1878-1953 fast
Subject Wood-carvers -- Canada -- Biography
Decoys (Hunting) -- Canada -- Pictorial works
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Artists, Architects, Photographers.
CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Carving.
ART -- Subjects & Themes -- Plants & Animals.
Decoys (Hunting)
Wood-carvers
Canada
Genre/Form Electronic books
Biographies
Pictorial works
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773570115
077357011X
1282860364
9781282860360