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FROM THE PEACE TO THE FRASER By Prentiss N. Gray - HC Boone and Crockett
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Hardcover
- Publication Name
- Boone and Crockett Club
- ISBN-10
- 0940864215
- ISBN
- 9780940864214
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Boone & Crockett Club
ISBN-10
0940864215
ISBN-13
9780940864214
eBay Product ID (ePID)
894246
Product Key Features
Book Title
From the Peace to the Fraser : Newly Discovered North American Hunting and Exploration Journals, 1900 to 1930
Number of Pages
398 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Topic
Hunting, Expeditions & Discoveries
Genre
Sports & Recreation, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
54.5 Oz
Item Length
11.3 in
Item Width
8.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
94-078743
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
979.5/04
Table Of Content
Come with Prentiss N. Gray, first editor of the Boone and Crockett Club's famous all-time records book, Records of North American Big Game, as he fords rivers, climbs 1,000-foot cliffs, hunts for big game, maps uncharted landmarks of the Canadian Rockies and explores Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, Northern California and many Canadian provinces in the early 20th century. From the Peace to the Fraser: Newly Discovered North American Hunting and Exploration Journals, 1900 to 1930, by Prentiss N. Gray is the ultimate experience in armchair reading. This book will delight you and your friends with meticulous detail recorded when the vastness of the United States and Canada seemed limitless and the hunting possibilities seemed boundless.
Synopsis
Join the author as he fords rivers, climbs 1,000-foot cliffs, hunts for big game, maps unchartered landmarks of the Canadian Rockies, and explores the West in early 20th century., Come along and experience the wilds of Canada and Western America in this hunting and true-adventure book written by Prentiss N. Gray, designer and editor of the first all-time records book. Tromp the back country of British Columbia and Alberta as Prentiss N. Gray and his hunting party map territories never before charted.Explore the Canadian Rockies with a 26-horse pack train as Gray and other friends stalk sheep; weather wind and thunderstorms; pursue mountain goats up 1,000-foot precipices. Climb aboard the S.S. Mount Royal to reach the headwaters of Telegraph Creek in the Yukon where Gray backpacks into the high country to photograph secretive wildlife using cumbersome, but state-of-the-art, early 20th century cameras.Experience the thrill of scaling cliffs in Alaska as Gray and his teenage son and daughter track Dall's sheep.Hunt for bison on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake and for elk and mule deer in Wyoming in 1925 and 1926. Read Gray's account of his hike with George Bird Grinnell as the famous naturalists tracks elk near Yellowstone Park.Travel from the Peace River to the Fraser River in western Canada, and to the Humber River of Newfoundland. From the Peace to the Fraser contains ten original journals of Prentiss N. Gray along with his magnificent wildlife photographs taken on his explorations throughout North America during his short life. Gray died in a freak boating accident in Florida's Everglades in 1935 as he began writing the second edition of the Boone and Crockett Club's famous all-time records book.Gray's son, Sherman, saved this unique set of journals and generously loaned them to the Boone and Crockett Club for reproduction. Except for minor editing, the journals have been reproduced as they were written in the early 20th century. The large format, 398-page book, with more than 160 photographs, transports the reader on travels to Alaska, western states and many Canadian provinces.This book will delight you and your friends with meticulous detail recorded when the vastness of the United States and Canada seemed limitless and the hunting possibilities seemed boundless.
LC Classification Number
F1060.9.G688 1994
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