Gordon MacQuarrie

Education

University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Career

Born in Superior, Wisconsin, he is best known for his short stories involving hunting and fishing, and for his semi-fictional organization known as The Old Duck Hunters" Association, Incorporated.(ODHA, Incorporated) He died unexpectedly in Milwaukee, Wisconsin of a heart attack. The Old Duck Hunters stories were originally published in various outdoor related periodicals of the early 20th Century. They were posthumously gathered into book form in three anthologies entitled: and Last Stories of the Old Duck Hunters.

The first of these was originally published in 1967 by Stackpole Publishing, New New York

Currently, all three volumes are available from Willow Creek Press, Minocqua, Wisconsin, both in printed and audio (abridged) form. Three subsequent volumes have also been released by Willow Creek Press.

Following his August, 1924 graduation from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with a bachelor"s degree in Journalism, MacQuarrie joined the Superior Evening Telegram as a cub reporter. In 1925 he became City Editor of the Telegram and was promoted to Managing Editor in 1927.

The stories were often upbeat and humorous with MacQuarrie frequently serving as the butt of the joke.

MacQuarrie is credited with becoming the first full-time, professional outdoor writer in America when he became the outdoor editor of the Milwaukee Journal on April 19, 1936. Also in 1936, MacQuarrie developed a relationship with influential conservationist, Aldo Leopold. In June, 2003 a biography of MacQuarrie was released by the Wisconsin State Historical Society, entitled Gordon MacQuarrie: The Story of an Old Duck Hunter,, written by Keith Crowley.

The Gordon MacQuarrie Memorial Wetlands are named for Gordon MacQuarrie (46561162,-9227640).

Works

More photos

• book

  • Gordon MacQuarrie Treasury: Thirty-Eight Classic Sporting Stories (Game & Fish Mastery Library)

    (Each book in this special series showcases the uniqueness...)

  • Stories of the Old Duck Hunters; More Stories of the Old Duck Hunters; Last Stories of the Old Duck Hunters

    ("Masterpieces you can read over and over" is how the Wash...)

  • More Stories of the Old Duck Hunters

    ("Masterpieces you can read over and over" is how the Wash...)

  • Last Stories of the Old Duck Hunters

    ("Masterpieces you can read over and over" is how the Wash...)

  • Stories of the Old Duck Hunters Trilogy (Stories of the Old Duck Hunters & Other Drivel, More Stories of the Old Duck Hunters, The Last Stories of the Old Duck Hunters, Trilogy...set of 3 in Slip case)

    (Masterpieces you can read over and over" is how the Washi...)

  • Fly Fishing With MacQuarrie

    (Book by Gordon MacQuarrie)

  • MacQuarrie Miscellany: Featuring the "Lost" Old Duck Hunter Stories and Other Tales

    (1987. Beautiful Grey leather look boards with photo inser...)

  • Gordon Macquarrie Sporting Treasury, More Stories of Old Duck Hunters, Last Stories of Old Duck Hunters (3 Book Set).
  • Gordon MacQuarrie Treasury: Thirty-Eight Classic Sporting Stories (Game & Fish Mastery Library) by Gordon MacQuarrie (1998-11-30)
  • Last Stories of the Old Duck Hunters by Gordon MacQuarrie (2000-07-01)
  • Fly Fishing With MacQuarrie by Gordon MacQuarrie (1995-04-06)
  • Fly Fishing With MacQuarrie by Gordon MacQuarrie (1995-04-04)
  • Stories of the Old Duck Hunters; More Stories of the Old Duck Hunters; Last Stories of the Old Duck Hunters by Gordon MacQuarrie (1995-03-02)
  • More Stories of the Old Duck Hunters by Gordon MacQuarrie (1994-06-01)
  • Fly Fishing With MacQuarrie by Gordon MacQuarrie (1995-04-02)
  • MacQuarrie Miscellany: Featuring the "Lost" Old Duck Hunter Stories and Other Tales by Gordon MacQuarrie (1987-01-01)