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Article: Richard Rattenbury showcases art and adventure in big-game country: hunting the American West never looked better.(Interview)
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- Wild West
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- December 1, 2009
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The frontier was a hunter's paradise. Most everyone on the Great Plains or in the Rocky Mountains hunted. In Hunting the American West: The Pursuit of Big Game for Life, Profit and Sport, 1800-1900, Richard C. Rattenbury presents hunting stories involving Indians, French-Canadians, Spaniards, Mexicans and a host of Americans from soldiers to artists. While most hunters in the 19th century were male, women also stalked game, and their stories appear here as well.
These tales of hunting expeditions and experiences borrow from contemporary accounts by Warren Angus Ferris, Theodore Roosevelt (founder of the Boone and Crockett Club, which published the 2008 book), ...