Son of the South: Reminiscences of a Southern Sportsman

Hardcover, 270 Pages. A dedicated conservationist and a chair of the NC Wildlife Resources Commission for eight of the fourteen years he served on the Commission, James Robert (Bob) Gordon was born to Walter Stewart Gordon and Ellen Stone Gordon on August 26, 1939, in Hamlet, North Carolina. Bob was born into a family of academics and sportsmanship (primarily bird dogs and show horses). His mother was a cum laude graduate of the University of South Carolina and taught Latin and algebra at Hamlet High School. His father (later known as "The Squire" for his numerous articles under the byline "The Squire" about older days in Hamlet) was a graduate of Hamlet High School and Davidson College, class of '27. Much of the land near the Gordon homestead in Hamlet was vacant during those old times and the roads unpaved-perfect places to ride horseback and exercise the bird dogs. There were still quail around the small town. But, as time went on, roads were paved and barren fields developed, and