Baronets and Buffalo - The British Sportsman In the American West, 1833-1881

Missoula, Montana, U.S.A.: Mountain Press Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1985. Assumed First Edtion . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6" X 8 3/4. Merritt, John I. - mAPS. 217 Pages Indexed. Santa Clause gift lable on first title page. Small crease to bottom corner. No other defects noted to this tight bright book with a faultless interior. The Bristish sportsmen were drawn to this extraordinary country by what they had read and heard about it: the limitless herds of buffalo and other game, the chance to wander for months or years through one of the great wlldernesses on earth, and - not least - the danger of Indians, which provided, as one of them put it, that dash of excitement which is always needed to make any life really perfect. Contents in 11 Chapters: Wellington's Soldier, Kilts and Buckskins, H'ar of the Grissly, Goodbye to All That, Ruxton of the Rockies, The Solitary Rambler, Wretched Excesses (The Wild E. Poore, A Sportsman Among Thousand, The Short Unhappy Hunt of Grantley Berkeley), Envoys From the Great White Mother, Hell on Wheels, Wonderland, and The End of the Game. Plus End Notes and Bibliography. A book from the Jack McK. Pardee Collection. Mr. Pardee was a collector of Americana who focused on frontier and natural history, hunting, wildlife, and firearms and is noted not only for his book selections but for his careful handling and storage. Most of his collection had faultless interior pages. E-mail for more information regarding the Pardee collection.