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Hunting In Many Lands

The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club

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Forest and Stream Publishing Company, New York. 1st edition,1895.Illustrated. 8vo, publisher’s maroon cloth stamped in silver. Spine sunned with a tear. Some signs of erased blue pencil notes. Hardcover, 21.5 X 15 X 4 cm, 447 pages. The first volume published by the Boone and Crockett Club, was entitled “American Big Game Hunting,” confined itself to sport on the American continent. This second volume presents a number of interesting sketches written by club members who have hunted big game in other lands. Essays include: Hunting in East Africa, To the Gulf of Cortez, A Canadian Moose Hunt, A Hunting Trip in India, Dog Sledging in the North, Wolf-Hunting in Russia, A Bear-Hunt in the Sierras, The Ascent of Chief Mountain, The Cougar, Big Game of Mongolia and Tibet, Hunting in the Cattle Country, Wolf-Coursing, Game Laws, and Protection of the Yellowstone National Park. – Summary by Michele Fry.