Hunting books for boys

[racingdemon]

Has anyone any suggestions of hunting books that a 7yo boy would like, I'm trying to track down copies of the we hunted hounds/I carried the horn/ goodbye to hounds but other than a vintage PC guide to hunting I haven't been able to get my hands on anything else.

Any thoughts? He's mad keen at the moment!

 

[Orangehorse]

Gosh, 7 is going to be difficult. The books you have mentioned are the ones that sprung to mind, although I suppose any books are going to be aimed at sightly older children as the younger ones are closely supervised by parents!

I think a big problem is going to be that most of the books will be written by a girl, or from the girl's point of view. I know the Pullein-Thompson ones feature several boys though.

 

[racingdemon]

Thanks, that's what I've found, all the books of mine that my mum has kept are based around girls.... Seems to be the age old problem..... Boys stuff for ponies is few & far between!

 

[GoblinPony]

Perhaps the first chapters of Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man might be suitable? The story begins when the author/protagonist is a boy of nine who gets his first ponies and riding lessons and is eventually introduced to the hunting field. It's not a children's book and the language might be difficult for a 7 year old. I guess it really depends on how mature the boy is for his age.

 

[racingdemon]

Good thinking.... I've got a copy of that, I'll dig it out & see what he thinks!

 

[Bede]

I think Dainty: The Story of a Foxhound features a young boy

 

[racingdemon]

Thanks Bede!