 Author Name: Friedrich Gerstacker
Title: WILD SPORTS: RAMBLING & HUNTING TRIPS THROUGH THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA
Binding: Paperback
Type: BOOK
Publisher: STACKPOLE BOOKS
ISBN Number: 081173174X / 9780811731744
Seller ID: 1316911
An exciting first-hand account of an early deer hunter's explorations of the unspoiled American wilderness. Intro's by Edna L. Steeves, Harrison R. Steeves, & Harrison R. Steeves III. New foreword by Robert Wegner. 8 B&W illus.; 6x9 inches, 448 pgs.
'Classics of American Sport Series.
* An exciting first-hand account of an early deer hunter's explorations of the unspoiled American wilderness
* Voyages from New York, through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, and as far south as Louisiana.
Gerstacker arrived in America from Germany in 1837, drawn by stories he had heard of the immense forests, excellent for deer hunting. He wandered from Buffalo to New Orleans, visiting frontiersmen in their backwoods cabins and living off the land, eating venison, acorns, sassafras leaves, and wild honey. He found Arkansas ideal for hunting, and encountered all sorts of wildlife, including alligators, wolves, bears, and deer, in his travels. His hunting journal gives a fascinating look at the early-nineteenth century American landscape.
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