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The Fair Chase: The Epic Story of Hunting in America

The Fair Chase: The Epic Story of Hunting in America - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Philip DrayPublish date:2018-05-01Pages:416
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465061723ISBN-10:465061729UPC:9780465061723Book Category:History, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:United States, Hunting, Social HistorySize:9.40 x 6.20 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SCWGDS9JCC
An award-winning historian tells the story of hunting in America, showing how this sport has shaped our national identity.

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 debate about the treatment of Native Americans and the role of hunting in preparing young men for war.

This sweeping and balanced book offers a definitive account of hunting in America. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the evolution of our nation's foundational myths.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465061723ISBN-10:465061729UPC:9780465061723Book Category:History, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:United States, Hunting, Social HistorySize:9.40 x 6.20 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SCWGDS9JCC
Philip Dray is a historian who has written or coauthored several books on American history and culture, including At the Hands of Persons Unknown, which won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Prize and the Southern Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Dray lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Publisher: Basic Books

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