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The Fair Chase: The Epic Story of Hunting in America
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The Fair Chase: The Epic Story of Hunting in America Hardback - 2018

by Philip Dray

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An award-winning historian tells the story of hunting in America, showing how this sport has shaped our national identity.

From Daniel Boone to Teddy Roosevelt, hunting is one of America's most sacred-but also most fraught-traditions. It was promoted in the 19th century as a way to reconnect "soft" urban Americans with nature and to the legacy of the country's pathfinding heroes. Fair chase, a hunting code of ethics emphasizing fairness, rugged independence, and restraint towards wildlife, emerged as a worldview and gave birth to the conservation movement. But the sport's popularity also caused class, ethnic, and racial divisions, and stirred debate about the treatment of Native Americans and the role of hunting in preparing young men for war.

This sweeping and balanced book offers a definitive account of hunting in America. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the evolution of our nation's foundational myths.

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  • Title The Fair Chase: The Epic Story of Hunting in America
  • Author Philip Dray
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books
  • Publication date 2018-05-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780465061723 / 0465061729
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.4 x 6.2 x 1.6 in (23.88 x 15.75 x 4.06 cm)
  • Category History - U.S.
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Social life and customs, Hunting - United States - History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2018005078
  • Dewey Decimal Code 639.109

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  • Choice, 10/01/2018, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 03/15/2018, Page 0

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Philip Dray is a historian who has written or coauthored several books on American history and culture, including At the Hands of Persons Unknown, which won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Prize and the Southern Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Dray lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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