The Fair Chase: The Epic Story of Hunting in America

Just released. I have not yet read it but Amazon will have it to me in two days.

Description: 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.


I'll leave a review when I finish it.

So what good can I say about this book? You will defintwly get to know a perspectice that is antihunting, dismissive of faith, cherry picks histeoical events, and glossesover many of the meaningful aspects of our hunting heritage. I picked it up knowing there was a slant, but there were many times I just wanted to quit reading it. I looked at other reviews and would recommend this one as most along the lines of my thoughts on this book.

https://www.nrahlf.org/articles/2018/7/5/the-fair-chase-preaches-anti-hunting-propaganda/