A former English professor and Shakespearean scholar, Michael McIntosh was also widely known as one of the best-known gun and sporting writers in the world. His writings appeared in numerous shooting and gun-dog magazines and he wrote more than a dozen books, including Best Guns, Wild Things, Robert Ruark’s Africa, and Shotguns and Shooting. He died in 2010.

• IntroductionAcknowledgmentsPrologue1. On the Cusp2. Fox Gun Company, Baltimore3. Matters of the Heart: Fentress4. Pigeons in the Park5. Philadelphia Arms6. A Difficult Birth7. A Gun for Teddy, Guns for the Grand8. New Guns, New Men9. Matters of the Heart: Ellen10. "The Most Perfectly Proportioned Small-Gauge Gun"11. Over Here, Over There12. Triggers, Accolades & Flare Guns13. Singular Guns14. "The Finest Car in the World"15. Super-Fox16. El Dorado & the Grail17. Pleasure Palace, House of Cards18. Quiet Days in Pleasantville19. Savage Years20. Specials & Oddments21. Matters of the Heart: Velma22. Sunset and Evening BellAppendix I: The Paper TrailAppendix II: ChronologyAppendix III: Grades & Models by YearAppendix IV: SourcesAppendix V: The Fox Gun RebornIndex

A former English professor and Shakespearean scholar, Michael McIntosh was also widely known as one of the best-known gun and sporting writers in the world. His writings appeared in numerous shooting and gun-dog magazines and he wrote more than a dozen books, including Best Guns, Wild Things, Robert Ruark’s Africa, and Shotguns and Shooting. He died in 2010.

• IntroductionAcknowledgmentsPrologue1. On the Cusp2. Fox Gun Company, Baltimore3. Matters of the Heart: Fentress4. Pigeons in the Park5. Philadelphia Arms6. A Difficult Birth7. A Gun for Teddy, Guns for the Grand8. New Guns, New Men9. Matters of the Heart: Ellen10. "The Most Perfectly Proportioned Small-Gauge Gun"11. Over Here, Over There12. Triggers, Accolades & Flare Guns13. Singular Guns14. "The Finest Car in the World"15. Super-Fox16. El Dorado & the Grail17. Pleasure Palace, House of Cards18. Quiet Days in Pleasantville19. Savage Years20. Specials & Oddments21. Matters of the Heart: Velma22. Sunset and Evening BellAppendix I: The Paper TrailAppendix II: ChronologyAppendix III: Grades & Models by YearAppendix IV: SourcesAppendix V: The Fox Gun RebornIndex

A former English professor and Shakespearean scholar, Michael McIntosh was also widely known as one of the best-known gun and sporting writers in the world. His writings appeared in numerous shooting and gun-dog magazines and he wrote more than a dozen books, including Best Guns, Wild Things, Robert Ruark’s Africa, and Shotguns and Shooting. He died in 2010.

• IntroductionAcknowledgmentsPrologue1. On the Cusp2. Fox Gun Company, Baltimore3. Matters of the Heart: Fentress4. Pigeons in the Park5. Philadelphia Arms6. A Difficult Birth7. A Gun for Teddy, Guns for the Grand8. New Guns, New Men9. Matters of the Heart: Ellen10. "The Most Perfectly Proportioned Small-Gauge Gun"11. Over Here, Over There12. Triggers, Accolades & Flare Guns13. Singular Guns14. "The Finest Car in the World"15. Super-Fox16. El Dorado & the Grail17. Pleasure Palace, House of Cards18. Quiet Days in Pleasantville19. Savage Years20. Specials & Oddments21. Matters of the Heart: Velma22. Sunset and Evening BellAppendix I: The Paper TrailAppendix II: ChronologyAppendix III: Grades & Models by YearAppendix IV: SourcesAppendix V: The Fox Gun RebornIndex