Gray Ghosts and Red Rangers : : American Hilltop Fox Chasing / / Thad Sitton.
Around a campfire in the woods through long hours of night, men used to gather to listen to the music of hounds' voices as they chased an elusive and seemingly preternatural fox. To the highly trained ears of these backwoods hunters, the hounds told the story of the pursuit like operatic voices...
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