American Big-Game Hunting: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

American Big-Game Hunting, credited to Various; Theodore Roosevelt; Owen Wister; George Bird Grinnell; George S. Anderson; Winthrop Chanler; Walter Bourchier Devereux; Dean Sage; Archibald Rogers; Oscar F. C. Crocker; W. D. Pickett ; Roger D. Williams ; Bronson Rumsey; Arnold Hague, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of American Big-Game Hunting by Various; Theodore Roosevelt; Owen Wister; George Bird Grinnell; George S. Anderson; Winthrop Chanler; Walter Bourchier Devereux; Dean Sage; Archibald Rogers; Oscar F. C. Crocker; W. D. Pickett ; Roger D. Williams ; Bronson Rumsey; Arnold Hague. Read in English by Michele Fry; Marty; Amabam; BettyB; realisticspeakers; Joseph Tabler; Kyle Blackburn The first book published by The Boone and Crockett Club founded by Theodore Roosevelt and George Grinnell, who declared in their Editors Note: "Hunting big game in the wilderness is, above all things, a sport for a vigorous and masterful people. The rifle-bearing hunter, whether he goes on foot or on horseback, whether he voyages in a canoe or travels with a dog-sled, must be sound of body and firm of mind, and must possess energy, resolution, manliness, self-reliance, and capacity for hardy self-help. In short, the big-game hunter must possess qualities without which no race can do its life-work well; and these are the very qualities which it is the purpose of this Club, so far as may be, to develop and foster." A bit outdated as to the equipment they used, this book is nevertheless an intense look at the west in early days, and at the beginnings of the conservationist movement in America. Each chapter focuses on a different animal, from buffalo, mountain goat, elk, pronghorn sheep, grizzlies, etc., indigenous peoples, different areas like the Rockies and Yellowstone, and it still captures the essence of the spirit of the hunt. The book ends with a list of the club's original 100 members, a veritable Who's Who of Generals, Colonels, Doctors, Senators and Representatives, amongst them that most illustrious Gen'l William T. Sherman. ( ~ Michele Fry, read by Librivox Volunteers)

Recording facts

• Recording title: American Big-Game Hunting
• Author credits: Various; Theodore Roosevelt; Owen Wister; George Bird Grinnell; George S. Anderson; Winthrop Chanler; Walter Bourchier Devereux; Dean Sage; Archibald Rogers; Oscar F. C. Crocker; W. D. Pickett ; Roger D. Williams ; Bronson Rumsey; Arnold Hague
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 6:44:00

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Track guide

1. 01 - The Boone and Crockett Club — 7:26
2. 02 - A Buffalo Story — 8:10
3. 03 - The White Goat and his Country - Part 1 — 22:14
4. 04 - The White Goat and his Country - Part 2 — 20:44
5. 05 - A Day with the Elk — 15:21
6. 06 - Old Times in the Black Hills — 21:52
7. 07 - Big Game in the Rockies - Part 1 (Sheep and Elk) — 19:26
8. 08 - Big Game in the Rockies - Part 2 (Bears) — 25:46
9. 09 - Coursing the Prongbuck — 13:21
10. 10 - After Wapiti in Wyoming — 17:22
11. 11 - In Buffalo Days - Part 1 — 24:30
12. 12 - In Buffalo Days - Part 2 — 23:06
13. 13 - In Buffalo Days - Part 3 — 21:21
14. 14 - Nights with the Grizzlies — 31:17
15. 15 - The Yellowstone Park as a Game Reservation — 36:03
16. 16 - A Mountain Fraud — 20:44
17. 17 - Blacktails in the Bad Lands — 13:38
18. 18 - Photographing Wild Game — 25:33
19. 19 - Literature of American Big-Game Hunting — 10:24
20. 20 - Our Forest Reservations — 13:14
21. 21 - The Club Exhibit at the World's Fair — 4:06
22. 22 - Constitution and By-Laws of the Club, List of Members — 8:22

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