Robert ruark 1915 1965 was an author and columnist his many books include the old man and the boy poor no more and the old mans boy grows older. Ruark recounts the profound affect his grandfather had in raising him to be a real man the old man used mans natural affinity to the outdoors hunting and fishing to teach the boy a much broader deeper wisdom about respect for life and how to live honorably as a real man. Both the old man and the boy are keen studiers of the natural world and one of the old mans common refrains is respect for the land and respect for the creatures in it. This classic captures the endearing relationship between a man and his grandson as they fish and hunt the lakes and woods of north carolina all the while the old man acts as teacher and guide