Legends of the Hunt |
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Author:
| Seerey-Lester, John |
ISBN: | 978-1-935342-05-2 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2010 |
Publisher: | Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $60.00 |
Book Description:
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Never in the long history of sport and adventure has there been a book like "Legends of the Hunt." In more than 80 stories and 120 paintings, renowned wildlife artist John Seerey-Lester takes you back to the 1850-1935 period, the "Golden Age" of hunting and exploration on three continents. Each exciting chapter in this beautiful, large-format book relives the fascinating and often life-threatening exploits of Theodore Roosevelt, Jim Corbett, Charles Sheldon, Carl Akeley, Bror...
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Never in the long history of sport and adventure has there been a book like "Legends of the Hunt." In more than 80 stories and 120 paintings, renowned wildlife artist John Seerey-Lester takes you back to the 1850-1935 period, the "Golden Age" of hunting and exploration on three continents. Each exciting chapter in this beautiful, large-format book relives the fascinating and often life-threatening exploits of Theodore Roosevelt, Jim Corbett, Charles Sheldon, Carl Akeley, Bror Blixen, John Henry Patterson, and many others as they pursue dangerous game in the wildest and most remote parts of the world.