Gordon Grand

Gordon Grand (1883–1959) was an American author, banker, and sportsman best known for his evocative tales of hunting life. Educated at Yale and long fascinated by British sporting tradition, Grand combined firsthand experience of horsemanship with a refined literary touch, creating a body of fiction that captured both the exhilaration and civility of the hunt. His Colonel Weatherford stories — including The Silver Horn and Colonel Weatherford's Young Entry — established him as one of the foremost chroniclers of the sporting gentleman's world. Though American by birth, Grand wrote with the authenticity and affection of one steeped in the lore of Leicestershire and the shires. His work preserves the values of courtesy, courage, and humor that animated the sporting field, while offering readers pure storytelling pleasure. Today, he is remembered as a master of the short sporting tale — elegant, humane, and quietly wistful for a passing age.