When the author comes face to face with a big black bear, he has a perfect shot opportunity — until his rifle jams.

Summertime. Spaniels pant, cones are crunched and the distant sneezes of hay fever victims ricochet through the home counties ...

When the Bird family moved from the midwest to Melones in 1901, it didn’t take 5-year old Milo long to realize they weren’t ...