Robert F. Jones

Robert F. Jones was a novelist and an outdoor writer for Sports Illustrated and Field & Stream. Many of his novels contain fantastic and/or surrealistic elements, causing some critics to label his work slipstream.

He died December 18, 2002, of natural causes in Bennington, VT at age 68. [ [http://www.lifeinlegacy.com/2003/WIR20030111.html#P93 Life In Legacy - Week of 01/11/2003 ] ]

Bibliography

Fiction

* "Blood Sport" (1974): Novel about a father and son fishing trip up the mythical Hassayampa river, which runs from upstate New York to China, and ancient times, and their encounter with legendary outlaw "Ratnose."
* "The Diamond Bogo" (1978): The story of an African hunting expedition for a large cape buffalo with a giant diamond embedded in its horns, and involving the discovery of a surviving lost race colony of homo erectus.
* "Slade's Glacier" (1981)
* "Blood Tide" (1990): A nautical adventure tale of a father and daughter setting out to wreck vengeance on two different men who had each betrayed them.
* "The Man-Eaters of Zamani" (1991): Short story on the hunting of a lion in Zamani region of Somalia (Petersen´s Hunting 1991) .
* "Tie My Bones To Her Back" (AKA "The Buffalo Runners") (1996): Western
* "Deadville" (1999): Western
* "The Run to Gitche Gumee"

Non-Fiction

* "Gone to the Dogs Life With My Canine Companions"
* "Dancers in the Sunset Sky"
* "The Fishing Doctor: the Essential Tackle Box Companion"
* "The Hunter In My Heart A Sportsman's Salmagundi"
* "African Twilight: The Story of a Hunter"
* "Upland Passage: A Field Dog's Education"
* "Jake: A Labrador Puppy at Work and Play"

References