Böcker av Peter Arnold

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These recollections span eight decades and two continents, complete with photos, excerpts from letters written more than 30 years ago, and contributions from other people. Some of the stories originally appeared online in the California Flyway Forum or in the California Waterfowl Association''s quarterly magazine.Peter Arnold was born in San Francisco in 1924, served in the Navy during WW II, and earned a Master''s Degree in Forestry from Yale. His first job, in Southern Brazil, started him on an international career, mostly in Latin America, but in Australasia as well. He lived four years in Ecuador as a Forestry Advisor to its government. Also, on his ranch in the Sierra Foothills of California, he established one of the region''s first post-prohibition vineyards.Now retired and no longer able to engage in outdoor activities, he remains vitally interested in several hunting and fishing groups. His lifelong passion for those sports has yielded a lifetime''s worth of valuable advocacy and treasured friendships. He and his wife, Sarah, live near Grass Valley, California."The richness of Peter''s experiences are not simply measured by the rewards and failures ... but rather by the memory that these things actually happened and were not just dreams of things that only might have happened. Even the heartbreaks are entertaining."-Frank Hall, author of They Came to Shoot: a History of California Duck Clubs and Wetlands Conservation"To anyone that has hunted, fished or just enjoyed the outdoors, this book is written for you. Each story made me want to read another."-Rick Schussel, elite member of the California Flyway Forum and also very active with many other waterfowl organizations"Peter has developed a gift for storytelling that takes the waterfowl hunter and fisherman in all of us along for the ride. Make sure you give yourself enough time to read Ripples on the Water in one sitting. For once you start, you won''t easily put the book down." -Will Baer, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy at USC

Le livre relate l'histoire de la famille dans laquelle l'auteur est né, une famille nombreuse et modeste issue de la petite paysannerie comme il en existait autrefois des milliers dans la Suisse centrale dont il est originaire. Le récit englobe plus de cents ans, de l'époque des grands-parents jusqu'à nos jours. Il nous fait revivre le lent passage du mode de vie précaire de l'ère préindustriel à l'abondance qui caractérise notre temps, à travers un processus qui laissait les traditions longtemps subsister à côté de la modernité. Nous y rencontrons entre autres un grand-père aux allures de patriarche, authentique paysan de montagne; des parents qui peinaient à nouer les deux bouts mais qui faisaient tout pour assurer à leurs onze enfants un meilleur avenir; une Église catholique ultramontaine qui régissait sur les consciences et réglait la vie de la naissance jusqu'à la mort; une fratrie organisée en hoirie pendant près de quarante ans après la mort prématurée de leur père. L'histoire est contée avec tendresse et pudeur, mais sans taire les aspects sombres et conflictuels.

Examines the relationship between sport and education from both social and moral points of view. The text argues that sport has such a vital role to play in society that it should be an integral part of the curriculum. It presents guidelines for an effective teaching of sports in schools.