Inherit the Hunt : A Journey into the Heart of American Hunting

by Jim Posewitz

• ISBN13: 9781560443889
• ISBN10: 156044388X
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: TwoDot

Summary

In a simple but powerful style that draws on his personal experiences and his scholarly research, Jim Posewitz makes the case that hunting in North America is a remarkable expression of democracy with its roots in the American struggle for independence

Table of Contents

Preface	1	(7)
The Sparrow	7	(12)
Goldeneye Ducks and A Red-Eyed Fish	19	(6)
The Rise and Fall of the Bering Bridge	25	(6)
White Knights, Black Barons, and Kings	31	(10)
Four Hundred Years of Chaos	41	(16)
Theodore Roosevelt and the Common Hunter	57	(12)
The Hunter's Golden Age	69	(14)
The Escudilla and Our Hunting Ethic	83	(8)
The Vienna Woods, the Kyrgy Plain, and the American Commons	91	(12)
Finding Our Way in the Twenty-First Century	103	(12)
Epilogue	115