Henry Hooker is an attorney and businessman in
Nashville, Tennessee. He has been Master of Foxhounds
for Hillsboro Hounds since 1975 and has served as a director
of the Masters of Foxhounds Association of America.

Editor's Preface:

Henry Hooker has, in his introduction, painted some entirely new images to describe the magic of hunting and what it means, down deep, to the initiated, that is destined to be quoted in the literature of the twenty-first century, such as that famous foreword of his predecessor, Mason Houghland, has been.

Fox, Fin, and Feather is the sporting memoir of one of the most amusing raconteurs in the outdoor field today. From the hub of his sporting life in Nashville, Tennessee, where he serves as Master of Foxhounds of the Hillsboro Hounds, Henry Hooker takes readers on a raucous jaunt—foxhunting, fishing and shooting—from the dark hills and hollows of the Tennessee night hunters to the exclusive quail shooting plantations of South Georgia. He connects the "Brahmins of the chase" (i.e., English-inspired mounted foxhunters) to their American roots (i.e., Southern night hunters and field trailers) and brings his characters to life with hilarious and touching anecdotes. Whether from the podium—he is a highly sought speaker—or from the pages of his memoir, Hooker tells the stories of the seminal as well as the lesser-known figures of foxhunting and other field sports with humor and reverence.
— Norman M. Fine, Millwood, Virginia

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