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The Fair Chase: The Epic Story of Hunting in America

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The Fair Chase: The Epic Story of Hunting in America - Dray, Philip
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"From Daniel Boone to Teddy Roosevelt, hunting is one of America's most sacred-but also most fraught-traditions. It was promoted in the 19th century as a way to reconnect "soft" urban Americans with nature and to the legacy of the country's pathfinding heroes. Fair chase, a hunting code of ethics emphasizing fairness, rugged independence, and restraint towards wildlife, emerged as a worldview and gave birth to the conservation movement. But the sport's popularity also caused class, ethnic, and racial divisions, and stirred ...

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The Fair Chase: The Epic Story of Hunting in America 2018, Basic Books

ISBN-13: 9780465061723

Hardcover