The Compleat Just Jim

Prescott, Arizona, U.S.A.: A Wolfe Publishing Co., Inc. Publlication, 1973. First Edition Stated . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6" x 9. Latimer, Tom - Illustrations. 119 Pages. Front cover corners slightly turned up. Owner's name label pasted to the front endpaper. Text pages are bright, tight, and white with Tom Latimer illustrations throughout. The antics of Jim Carmichel's characters - "Hook" Johnson, Alonzo Fleenor and Barnabas P. Gray, Gunsmith, to name a few - will keep you roaring with laughter. And if Carmichel's tales seem unlikely, just remember that they're based, somewhat loosely, on his observances of life in the hills of East Tennessee, where, as Jim puts it, the improbable, the implausible and the impossible are everyday occurences. Carrnichel, who followed Jack O'Connor as Firearms Editor of Outdoor Life magazine. first related these tales in his column in Rifle magazine, for which he was also a technical writer. He started freelance firearms writing while an information officer for the Tennessee Game & Fish Commission, which he refers to as his last honest employment. Jim's down home humor survived despite the acquisition of a Master's in English from the University of Tennessee where he worked his way through by making replicas of classic antique rifles - sometimes called fakes. He and his wife Clarice, and their five children reside at Poverty Knob, Prescott. Arizona.