Evans GeorgeBird

American author, artist, dog breeder, and sportsman, whose most notable contributions are in the area of upland gunning with English Setters. Over the course of his career, Evans authored over two dozen books and several hundred magazine articles on this subject, becoming one of the worlds foremost authorities on upland gunning and bird dogs. Evans career also included success as an artist, providing illustrations for Cosmopolitan, American, Womans Home Companion, and Redbook. As a dog breeder, Evans created the Old Hemlock line of English Setters whose progeny continue to be prized by hunters across the United States for their bird hunting abilities. He died on 5 May 1998, aged 91, in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less