Hunting Trips of a Ranchman - An Account of the Big Game of the United States and its Chase with Horse, Hound and Rifle - Vol.1 and Vol.2
Hunting Trips of a Ranchman - An Account of the Big Game of the United States and its Chase with Horse, Hound and Rifle - Vol.1 and Vol.2

Author: Theodore Roosevelt

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2014-07-07

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1473395437

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This antique text contains a detailed account of various big game hunting expeditions around the United States. Written by Theodore Roosevelt, this fascinating text is both entertaining and informative, and is sure to appeal to anyone with an interest in hunting or in the life and work of one of the most notable Americans to have ever lived. The chapters of this book include: 'Ranching in The Bad Lands', 'Waterfowl', and 'The Deer of the River Bottom'. Theodore "T. R." Roosevelt (1858 - 1919) was an American author, naturalist, explorer, historian, and politician who served as the 26th President of the United States. Many early works such as this are increasingly costly and hard to come by, and we are proud to republish this text now complete with a new prefatory biography of the author. We hope that its contents can continue to be of value to the discerning reader for years to come.

The Body in the Anglosphere, 1880–1920
The Body in the Anglosphere, 1880–1920

Author: Robert W. Thurston

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-12-30

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1000520684

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Focusing on the body in every chapter, this book examines the changing meanings and profound significance of the physical form among the Anglo-Saxons from 1880 to 1920. They formed an imaginary—but, in many ways, quite real—community that ruled much of the world. Among them, racism became more virulent. To probe the importance of the body, this book brings together for the first time the many areas in which the physical form was newly or more extensively featured, from photography through literature, frontier wars, violent sports, and the global circus. Sex, sexuality, concepts of gender including women’s possibilities in all areas of life, and the meanings of race and of civilization figured regularly in Anglo discussions. Black people challenged racism by presenting their own photos of respectable folk. As all this unfolded, Anglo men and women faced the problem of maintaining civilized control vs. the need to express uninhibited feeling. With these issues in mind, it is evident that the origins of today’s debates about race and gender lie in the late nineteenth century.

Varmints and Victims
Varmints and Victims

Author: Frank Van Nuys

Publisher: University Press of Kansas

Published: 2015-11-09

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 0700621318

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It used to be: If you see a coyote, shoot it. Better yet, a bear. Best of all, perhaps? A wolf. How we've gotten from there to here, where such predators are reintroduced, protected, and in some cases revered, is the story Frank Van Nuys tells in Varmints and Victims, a thorough and enlightening look at the evolution of predator management in the American West. As controversies over predator control rage on, Varmints and Victims puts the debate into historical context, tracing the West's relationship with charismatic predators like grizzlies, wolves, and cougars from unquestioned eradication to ambivalent recovery efforts. Van Nuys offers a nuanced and balanced perspective on an often-emotional topic, exploring the intricacies of how and why attitudes toward predators have changed over the years. Focusing primarily on wolves, coyotes, mountain lions, and grizzly bears, he charts the logic and methods of management practiced by ranchers, hunters, and federal officials Broad in scope and rich in detail, this work brings new, much-needed clarity to the complex interweaving of economics, politics, science, and culture in the formulation of ideas about predator species, and in policies directed at these creatures. In the process, we come to see how the story of predator control is in many ways the story of the American West itself, from early attempts to connect the frontier region to mainstream American life and economics to present ideas about the nature and singularity of the region.