American Big-Game Hunting

Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), Owen Wister (1860 - 1938) et al.

The first book published by The Boone and Crockett Club founded by Theodore Roosevelt and George Grinnell, who declared in their Editors Note: "Hunting big game in the wilderness is, above all things, a sport for a vigorous and masterful people. The rifle-bearing hunter, whether he goes on foot or on horseback, whether he voyages in a canoe or travels with a dog-sled, must be sound of body and firm of mind, and must possess energy, resolution, manliness, self-reliance, and capacity for hardy self-help. In short, the big-game hunter must possess qualities without which no race can do its life-work well; and these are the very qualities which it is the purpose of this Club, so far as may be, to develop and foster."

A bit outdated as to the equipment they used, this book is nevertheless an intense look at the west in early days, and at the beginnings of the conservationist movement in America. Each chapter focuses on a different animal, from buffalo, mountain goat, elk, pronghorn sheep, grizzlies, etc., indigenous peoples, different areas like the Rockies and Yellowstone, and it still captures the essence of the spirit of the hunt.

The book ends with a list of the club's original 100 members, a veritable Who's Who of Generals, Colonels, Doctors, Senators and Representatives, amongst them that most illustrious Gen'l William T. Sherman. ( ~ Michele Fry, read by LibriVox Volunteers)

Genre(s): Animals, Sports & Recreation

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Boone and Crockett Club Michele Fry
00:07:26
Play 02 A Buffalo Story Marty
00:08:10
Play 03 The White Goat and his Country - Part 1 Amabam
00:22:14
Play 04 The White Goat and his Country - Part 2 Amabam
00:20:44
Play 05 A Day with the Elk Marty
00:15:21
Play 06 Old Times in the Black Hills BettyB
00:21:52
Play 07 Big Game in the Rockies - Part 1 (Sheep and Elk) realisticspeakers
00:19:26
Play 08 Big Game in the Rockies - Part 2 (Bears) realisticspeakers
00:25:46
Play 09 Coursing the Prongbuck Joseph Tabler
00:13:21
Play 10 After Wapiti in Wyoming Michele Fry
00:17:22
Play 11 In Buffalo Days - Part 1 Michele Fry
00:24:30
Play 12 In Buffalo Days - Part 2 Michele Fry
00:23:06
Play 13 In Buffalo Days - Part 3 Michele Fry
00:21:21
Play 14 Nights with the Grizzlies Amabam
00:31:17
Play 15 The Yellowstone Park as a Game Reservation Amabam
00:36:03
Play 16 A Mountain Fraud Marty
00:20:44
Play 17 Blacktails in the Bad Lands Kyle Blackburn
00:13:38
Play 18 Photographing Wild Game BettyB
00:25:33
Play 19 Literature of American Big-Game Hunting BettyB
00:10:24
Play 20 Our Forest Reservations BettyB
00:13:14
Play 21 The Club Exhibit at the World's Fair BettyB
00:04:06
Play 22 Constitution and By-Laws of the Club, List of Members BettyB
00:08:22