A lifelong hunter and wild-game gourmet who has traveled the globe on expeditions with world-class sportsmen, Guy de la Valdene purchases an 800-acre farm outside Tallahassee and sets out to raise and hunt his favorite game bird, bobwhite quail. But de la Valdene is at heart also a naturalist, and as he plants trees and divides fields, he finds that running the farm compels him to operate at once as both hunter and preservationist, both predator and protector. With sensitivity and patience, de la Valdene has written a book about his, and perhaps society's, place in the natural world.