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The Fair Chase
The Epic Story of Hunting in America
- Editore:
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- EAN:
9780465061723
- ISBN:
0465061729
- Pagine:
- 400
- Formato:
- Hardback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
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Descrizione The Fair Chase
"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"--
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