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Biography:
Gordon MacQuarrie was one of America's first full-time professional outdoor writers. A native of Superior, WI, he graduated from Superior Normal School and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he studied journalism. In 1936, he joined the staff of the Milwaukee Journal.
MacQuarrie's short stories featured relationships, the ethics of hunting and fishing, and humor. Widely published in the outdoor magazines of the day, since his death they have been collected in six books which remain in print. His feature creation was the "Old Duck Hunters Association" consisting of himself and a figure modeled on his father-in-law, Al Peck, known in writing as "Mr. President".
MacQuarrie wrote two series of newspaper articles widely read during his career. In 1940, he chronicled the tragedy of the Armistice Day Storm in which hundreds of hunters were trapped along the Mississippi River bottoms; many died there of exposure. In 1945 MacQuarrie began writing about a mallard duck nesting on a bridge in downtown Milwaukee. The "Gertie the Duck" stories were published nationwide and beyond. A statue of Gertie can be found on the Wisconsin Avenue bridge in downtown Milwaukee.
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Works by Gordon MacQuarrie:
Gordon MacQuarrie was one of America's first full-time professional outdoor writers. A native of Superior, WI, he graduated from Superior Normal School and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he studied journalism. In 1936, he joined the staff of the Milwaukee Journal.
MacQuarrie's short stories featured relationships, the ethics of hunting and fishing, and humor. Widely published in the outdoor magazines of the day, since his death they have been collected in six books which remain in print. His feature creation was the "Old Duck Hunters Association" consisting of himself and a figure modeled on his father-in-law, Al Peck, known in writing as "Mr. President".
MacQuarrie wrote two series of newspaper articles widely read during his career. In 1940, he chronicled the tragedy of the Armistice Day Storm in which hundreds of hunters were trapped along the Mississippi River bottoms; many died there of exposure. In 1945 MacQuarrie began writing about a mallard duck nesting on a bridge in downtown Milwaukee. The "Gertie the Duck" stories were published nationwide and beyond. A statue of Gertie can be found on the Wisconsin Avenue bridge in downtown Milwaukee.
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Works by Gordon MacQuarrie:
- Stories of the Old Duck Hunters & Other Drivel, ISBN 0-932558-25-9
- More Stories of the Old Duck Hunters, ISBN 0-932558-18-6
- Last Stories of the Old Duck Hunters, ISBN 0-932558-24-0
- MacQuarrie Miscellany, ISBN 0-932558-38-0
- Fly Fishing with MacQuarrie ISBN 1-57223-025-8
- The Gordon MacQuarrie Sporting Treasury, ISBN 1-57223-032-0
