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What happens when the pursuit of big game meets the urge to protect wild places?
In Hunting in Many Lands, Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell gather hunting accounts from members of the Boone and Crockett Club. Published in 1895, the collection follows wealthy sportsmen across mountains, plains and distant countries. Their pursuit of large animals offers a close look at how these men see wild country—and their place within it.
“Big game of the American West” explores the home ground of many club members, while “Far countries and distant quarry” reaches into Asia, Russia and Africa. Alongside journeys made at real risk, the collection explores hunting as sport, discipline and ethic. Its accounts reveal the habits and values from which an early conservation movement grows.
What you’ll discover
- Mountains and plains Follow accounts of North American big game through the country that draws hunters from eastern cities.
- Beyond the American West Travel through accounts from Asia, Russia and Africa, where hunters pursue distant quarry at their own expense.
- The hunter's code Explore an ethic that prizes hard hunting, straight shooting and taking only what is needed.
- Roosevelt's sporting circle Meet the interests and values of club members brought together by Roosevelt and Grinnell.
- Conservation's early roots Consider the connection between these sportsmen's hunting habits and their concern for wildlife and wild places.
Who will love it
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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- A club built on field and forest
- Two editors who shaped the book
- Big game of the American West
- Far countries and distant quarry
- Hunting as sport, discipline and ethic
- What the book left behind
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Jagd in vielen Ländern
by Theodore Roosevelt (Hrsg.); George Bird Grinnell (Hrsg.)
Hunters pursue big game across Africa, Asia, Russia and the American West as ideas of conservation take root.
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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.
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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.
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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.
The author
Theodore Roosevelt
1858–1919 · American president and historian
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) was born in New York City and died at Oyster Bay, New York. He served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He wrote books about history, hunting, and his life, including Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter (1905) and his autobiography (1913).
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