Zusammenfassung
Zusammenfassung von Jagd in vielen Ländern
Für wen es gedacht ist
For readers who love outdoor history, the Gilded Age and the roots of American conservation, and anyone curious about Roosevelt's circle and big-game adventures across wild country.
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Hunting in Many Lands is a book of hunting accounts gathered by two members of the Boone and Crockett Club, Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell. It was published in 1895 as the second of the club's books. The club had been founded in 1887 by Roosevelt and a circle of sportsmen who cared about big game and wild places.
The book brings together papers by different members, most describing the pursuit of large animals in a different part of the world. It reaches across the American West, Asia, Russia and Africa. It gives you a picture of how wealthy sportsmen of the late nineteenth century saw wild country, and of the early conservation movement that grew from their habits. Let us start with the club and the idea behind it.
In dieser Zusammenfassung
- 1A club built on field and forestFree
- 2Two editors who shaped the book
- 3Big game of the American West
- 4Far countries and distant quarry
- 5Hunting as sport, discipline and ethic
- 6What the book left behind
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A club built on field and forest
The Boone and Crockett Club was founded in 1887 in New York. Theodore Roosevelt was its leading spirit, and George Bird Grinnell, editor of the magazine Forest and Stream, was another central figure. The club took its name from Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett, two figures of the American frontier.
Its members were mostly well-off men who hunted big game and wrote about it. They believed hunting built courage, endurance and character. They also feared that the great herds of the West were vanishing fast.
The club promoted fair chase, meaning the pursuit of animals without cheap tricks or wasteful killing. It also pushed for laws to protect game and wild land. This mix of sport and protection is the key to reading the whole book.
The club published several volumes of members' writings. Hunting in Many Lands is one of them, and it carries the club's outlook in each chapter.
That’s 1 of 6 key points.
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Questions about Jagd in vielen Ländern
What is Hunting in Many Lands about?
It is a collection of hunting accounts by members of the Boone and Crockett Club, describing big-game pursuits in North America, Asia, Russia and Africa, with attention to animals, terrain and the ethics of the hunt.
Who edited Hunting in Many Lands?
Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell edited it. Both were founding figures of the Boone and Crockett Club, which published the book in 1895 as part of its series of members' writings.
What is the Boone and Crockett Club?
It is an American conservation and sporting organization founded in 1887 by Theodore Roosevelt and others. It is named for Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett and promotes fair chase and the protection of wildlife.
Is Hunting in Many Lands a true account?
Yes, it is nonfiction. The chapters are written by members and friends of the club for a club audience in the 1890s.
Is Hunting in Many Lands worth reading today?
It is worth reading for history. It shows early conservation thinking and Gilded Age attitudes toward wildlife and travel.