American Big-Game Hunting: The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boone and Crockett Club

Contributor:

Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"American Big-Game Hunting: The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club" is a collection of essays and accounts focused on the sport of big-game hunting, compiled in the late 19th century. This work is curated by prominent figures such as Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell, both of whom were passionate about hunting and conservation. The book likely delves into various experiences with different types of big game, highlighting the thrill of hunting and the importance of preserving wilderness and wildlife. The opening portion of the book sets the stage for the Boone and Crockett Club, emphasizing its mission to promote responsible hunting, exploration of wild regions, and the conservation of large game species. It discusses the club's role in advocating for legislation to protect game animals, the significance of forest reservations, and the unsportsmanlike practices to be avoided while hunting. Roosevelt and Grinnell lay the groundwork for understanding the ethos that underpins the narratives to follow, illustrating how hunting is not merely a pastime but a reflection of one's character, resilience, and respect for nature. The text transitions into various hunting stories, starting with a personal account of buffalo hunting-a blend of exhilaration and the harsh realities of the experience. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

The Boone and Crockett Club / Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell

A Buffalo story / George S. Anderson

The white goat and his country / Owen Wister

A day with the elk / Winthrop Chanler

Old times in the Black Hills / Roger D. Williams

Big game in the Rockies / Archibald Rogers

Coursing the Prongbuck / Theodore Roosevelt

After Wapiti in Wyoming / F.C. Crocker

In buffalo days / George Bird Grinnell

Nights with the grizzlies / W.D. Pickett

The Yellowstone Park as a game reservation / Arnold Hague

A mountain fraud / Dean Sage

Blacktails in the Bad Lands / Bronson Rumsey

Photographing wild game / W.B. Devereux

Literature of American big-game hunting

Our forest reservations

The Club exhibit at the World's Fair

Constitution and by-laws of the Club

List of members.

Credits:

Produced by David Edwards, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 63.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2012-06-10