[Bristol-Birds] Jack Kestner: A View from the Mountain -- book
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:16:17 -0400
Area Birders:
A delightful new book has been published which includes the excellent writings
of a former, devout, Bristol Birds subscribed and contributor Jack Kestner.
Clinch Mountain Press has announced the publication of a new collection of over
100 of Jack 's Bristol Herald Courier columns, selected by his children, Lisa,
Pam, and Tim, and his readers. A View from the Mountain ($15.00) includes
pictures of Jack, his family, and scenes from his mountain farm near Hayters
Gap, on Clinch Mountain in Washington Co., Va.
The book is available at several locations in Abingdon, Bristol, Damascus,
Saltville, and Lebanon, and also by mail order. Please visit the website
www.clinchmountainpress.net for more details.
A veteran journalist, he wrote a weekly column for decades in the Bristol
Herald Courier. He wrote of hummingbirds, dogs and his rural mountain home
life. Readers were endeared to his words, stories and lifestyle.
In more recent years, many of his columns included bits and pieces about birds
which he would sometimes get from Bristol Birds Net. Jack would often ask
permission to make one of our subjects of bird reporting or discussion the main
body of a column. He often sent e-mails to Bristol Birds Net subscribers to
ask more details or seek out a better understanding of birdlife or nature. He
was a wonderful naturalist.
Many members of the Bristol Bird Club will remember first meeting Kestner
September 1997 at the Bristol Bird Club annual banquet in Bristol Virginia.
Bob & Martha Sargent, the nationally-famous hummingbird authors, banders and
researchers from Alabama were our speakers. As 166 persons were awaiting the
introduction of the speaker, Jack Kestner walked in at the back of the room.
He was so well known that he was quickly pointed out to the crowd. People
began to stand up all over the room and turn to just get a glimpse of this man
from the mountains whose columns they had read for much of their lives.
It was an emotional moment. I am sure you will enjoy this collection.
Let's go birding......
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
Dear Friend of Jack Kestner,
Kathy Shearer
Author/Publisher
Clinch Mountain Press
PO Box 117
Emory, VA 24327
276-944-5355
www.clinchmountainpress.net
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