These narratives never stood alone, but were part of a contested set of meanings that interacted with other kinds of hunting, and of writing about hunting---in particular with the work of women big-game hunters, who challenged links between manliness and the hunt, and of British big-game hunters, whose imperial narratives offered an alternate reading of the hunt's meaning. Over time, as American sportsmen-hunters interacted with these other readings of the hunt, the big-game hunting narrative became a site for negotiations over issues ranging from questions of empire and national identity to discussions over gender roles and the meaning of the hunt for both men and women.
At the end of the nineteenth century, Theodore Roosevelt, T. S. Van Dyke, and other elite men began describing their big-game hunting as “manly sport with the rifle.” They also began writing about their experiences, publishing hundreds of narratives of hunting and adventure in the popular press (and creating a new literary genre in the process). But why did so many of these big-game hunters publish? What was writing actually doing for them, and what did it do for readers? In exploring these questions, The Hunter Elite reveals new connections among hunting narratives, publishing, and the American conservation movement. Beginning in the 1880s these prolific hunter-writers told readers that big-game hunting was a test of self-restraint and “manly virtues,” and that it was not about violence. They also opposed their sportsmanlike hunting to the slaughtering of game by British imperialists, even as they hunted across North America and throughout the British Empire. Their references to Americanism and manliness appealed to traditional values, but they used very modern publishing technologies to sell their stories, and by 1900 they were reaching hundreds of thousands of readers every month. When hunter-writers took up conservation as a cause, they used that reach to rally popular support for the national parks and for legislation that restricted hunting in the US, Canada, and Newfoundland. The Hunter Elite is the first book to explore both the international nature of American hunting during this period and the essential contributions of hunting narratives and the publishing industry to the North American conservation movement.
This books pages contain the adventures and experiences of hunting among the mountains and on the plains for both pastime and to procure hides and meat for the ranch. Contains a wealth of information on hunting, finding and killing game of all kinds that are considered to belong to temperate Northern America. It also contains much information on the wilderness, of taking in the grand scenery, of being adventurous in wild surroundings, and studying the ways and habits of woodland creatures.
From its founding in 1887 by Theodore Roosevelt and the eminent conservationist writer-editor-publisher George Bird Grinnell, the Boone and Crockett Club exemplified the intersection of aristocratic big-game sportsmanship (and active contempt for market hunting), scientific curiosity, and conservationist values which provided significant leadership and support to the conservation movement in this era. The Club published several volumes of writings before 1920; this one illustrates the Club's interest and involvement in conservation action through a typical range of articles on hunting, wildlife and wilderness preservation, and natural history by prominent members, including President Roosevelt himself, while the Club's Constitution and lists of members (present and deceased) specify its purpose and suggest its niche in the world of America's social and political elite.
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Excerpt from Hunting in the Wilderness: Big Game Hunting North of the Amazon I have always held the opinion that South America has created a gap in the annals of big game hunting in the world. Many excellent works have been produced on the subject in Africa, Asia and North America, but relatively little has been said of the opportunities present to shooters South of the Panama. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
"The Boone and Crocket Club is organized primarily to promote manly sport with the rifle among the large game of the wilderness, to encourage travel and exploration in little-known regions of our country, and to work for game and forest preservation by the State." --Theodore Roosevelt & George Bird Grinnell, American Big-Game Hunting American Big-Game Hunting--The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club (1893), edited by Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell, is a collection of essays about hunting and outdoors adventures from various authors, such as "Nights with the Grizzlies," by Colonel W.D. Picket; "The Yellowstone Park as a Game Reservation," by Arnold Hague; and "In Buffalo Days," by George Grinnell. This collection was released as part of a series of books by the Boone and Crocket Club, a club founded by Teddy Roosevelt with George Grinnell in 1887 for the preservation of large game animals and their habitats in the United States.
