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Thursday, 03 December 2009 |
 Photo provided: New Bremen resident John Andreoni, who is also a columnist for The Evening Leader, recently penned a book that includes all his columns on being in the outdoors from 1969 to 1979 titled "Going Wild with Forda Birds." By KATIE YANTIS
Staff Writer
ST. MARYS — A local resident and columnist of The Evening Leader has released his first book containing 10 years of columns on the outdoors.
John Andreoni has more than 40 years of outdoor writing experience and chose to put a variety of his columns into a book title “Going Wild with Forda Birds.” The book is the first of what Andreoni plans for a series of five.
He took a minute to discuss why he chose to form the book of columns.
“A longevity thing, I was looking back over the columns over the years and saw there were a lot of significant things happening,” Andreoni said. “I thought I would make a record.”
Andreoni said the significance of the issues that arose within his columns are what made him want to write the book.
“There are a lot of significant things that happened over the years and they needed to be recorded more than just in the newspaper,” Andreoni said.
He also said the ones he was more pleased with he chose to be in the book as well.
“Looking back and seeing which ones developed the way you thought they would and which ones that didn’t,” Andreoni said.
After looking through the columns he said there were so many he would have liked to include he broke the book down into 10 years. This first one includes columns from 1969-1979.
Andreoni also picked out some of his columns he thought were more interesting.
“Some of the promises that were made from Columbus that never took place,” Andreoni said. “The total change in hunting, where deer and turkey have replaced rabbits and pheasants as the most popular game animal.”
He also mentioned the history of Ohio dove hunting and the politics involved with that as one of his “more interesting” columns.
“The emergence of anti-hunting groups and the unification of Ohio hunters,” Andreoni also mentioned as a favorite.
He also named some of the people within the city who are mentioned throughout the book.
“Ed Stepleton and the role he played in the promotion of KC Geiger park, Dave Berlet and the astounding Guiness Book of Record breaking — he broke the record for the highest number of clay birds shot in an hour,” Andreoni said.
Some of the other names he mentioned included Steve McMurray and what Andreoni considered to be the record-breaking bass and Jim Kite with his dedication to the renovation of the Miami-Erie Canal.
He said there is much for those who buy his book to gain out of the information presented.
“If they get the whole series it would give them the basic understanding of how the outdoors have developed around here,” Andreoni said. “They will see history keeps repeating itself.”
Through the process though Andreoni said he learned one major thing.
“I learned not to take myself too seriously,” Andreoni said.
For future plans, Andreoni said he is already working on the next book.
“I am starting to put it together now,” Andreoni said. “As for as a specific time it will definitely be in the next year if not sooner.”
His first book is on sale for $14.95 and more information on the book can be found at redbirdpub.com. |
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