Tom Word has practiced law sixty-one years. His practice, advising individuals about their wealth and how to preserve and protect it from taxes and greedy spouses of children, has afforded him a unique window on human nature.
For recreation he has long turned to bird dogs, bird hunting and field trials, and writing about them, as a reporter of field trials for the American Field and in short stories and non-fiction accounts for magazines, such as Sporting Classics and Pointing Dog Journal. He also contributes frequently to Draft Horse Journal on rural life, having grown up on a sheep and beef cattle farm in Virginia’s Blue Ridge.
His short story collections, None Held Back, A Little Competition, The Ninth Pup and The Curmudgeons, have long been favorites of bird hunters and field trialers and appreciators of the unique culture of the quail plantation belt between Albany and Tallahassee, and are available available through Strideaway and LuLu Publishing.
His novel set in field trials, Gentlemen Let ’Em Go, about the quest of an orphaned farm boy, a worn out dog handler and a burned out surgeon on sabbatical to win the National Bird Dog Championship with an accidentally bred English Setter, is available through Strideaway and LuLu Publishing.
His memoir, The Price of Admission, chronicles the careers of prominent business and philanthropic leaders who were Tom’s clients, and is available through through Strideaway and LuLu Publishing.