Author: Meshach Browning
Publisher: Pantianos Classics
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Meshach Browning spent decades as a professional hunter and trapper of bears, boars and deer in rural Maryland during the early 1800s - this is his story, in his own words. Born in modest circumstances, Browning grew up at a time when the United States as a nation was in its infancy, with much of the population living in rural areas. From his youth, the author vowed to be self-sufficient, leaving his home and first love to hone his abilities as a hunter. Returning with money gained from selling pelts and meat, it is then that Meshach contemplates hunting as a career. The equipment used by the author is much inferior to that of the modern day. Meshach's use of a musket - a gun whose reliability is demonstrated as poor in several instances - leads him to rely on his skills in close quarters combat. On multiple hunts, described with stunning vividness in these pages, Browning's ability to battle animals in melee saves his life. The dangers of his trade are balanced by its lucrativeness: bear meat and pelt for instance fetched high prices on the open market. Though his life's work is the primary subject, Meshach Browning shows a tender side when describing his first marriage; his loving wife Mary bore him several children. In later chapters, he proudly teaches his sons the craft which sustained their family for so many years.
Forty-four Years of the Life of a Hunter
Author: Meshach Browning
Publisher: Pantianos Classics
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Meshach Browning spent decades as a professional hunter and trapper of bears, boars and deer in rural Maryland during the early 1800s - this is his story, in his own words. Born in modest circumstances, Browning grew up at a time when the United States as a nation was in its infancy, with much of the population living in rural areas. From his youth, the author vowed to be self-sufficient, leaving his home and first love to hone his abilities as a hunter. Returning with money gained from selling pelts and meat, it is then that Meshach contemplates hunting as a career. The equipment used by the author is much inferior to that of the modern day. Meshach's use of a musket - a gun whose reliability is demonstrated as poor in several instances - leads him to rely on his skills in close quarters combat. On multiple hunts, described with stunning vividness in these pages, Browning's ability to battle animals in melee saves his life. The dangers of his trade are balanced by its lucrativeness: bear meat and pelt for instance fetched high prices on the open market. Though his life's work is the primary subject, Meshach Browning shows a tender side when describing his first marriage; his loving wife Mary bore him several children. In later chapters, he proudly teaches his sons the craft which sustained their family for so many years.
Publisher: Pantianos Classics
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Meshach Browning spent decades as a professional hunter and trapper of bears, boars and deer in rural Maryland during the early 1800s - this is his story, in his own words. Born in modest circumstances, Browning grew up at a time when the United States as a nation was in its infancy, with much of the population living in rural areas. From his youth, the author vowed to be self-sufficient, leaving his home and first love to hone his abilities as a hunter. Returning with money gained from selling pelts and meat, it is then that Meshach contemplates hunting as a career. The equipment used by the author is much inferior to that of the modern day. Meshach's use of a musket - a gun whose reliability is demonstrated as poor in several instances - leads him to rely on his skills in close quarters combat. On multiple hunts, described with stunning vividness in these pages, Browning's ability to battle animals in melee saves his life. The dangers of his trade are balanced by its lucrativeness: bear meat and pelt for instance fetched high prices on the open market. Though his life's work is the primary subject, Meshach Browning shows a tender side when describing his first marriage; his loving wife Mary bore him several children. In later chapters, he proudly teaches his sons the craft which sustained their family for so many years.
Forty-four Years of the Life of a Hunter
Author: Meshach Browning
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
"Forty-four Years of the Life of a Hunter,"
Author: Meshach Browning
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Forty-four Years of the Life of a Hunter
Author: Meshach Browning
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Forty-Four Years of the Life of a Hunter
Author: Meshach Browning
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781422716045
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
High quality reprint of Forty-Four Years of the Life of A Hunter by Meshach Browning.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781422716045
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
High quality reprint of Forty-Four Years of the Life of A Hunter by Meshach Browning.
Fourty-Four Years, or, the Life of a Hunter
Author: Meshach Browning
Publisher: Wyatt North Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1647981921
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Meshach Browning (1781-1859), a native of Maryland, was one of the earliest American backwoodsmen. His narratives were described as the "most captivating narrative of hunting scenes that I ever read", by a reader.
Publisher: Wyatt North Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1647981921
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Meshach Browning (1781-1859), a native of Maryland, was one of the earliest American backwoodsmen. His narratives were described as the "most captivating narrative of hunting scenes that I ever read", by a reader.
Forty-four Years of the Life of a Hunter
Author: Meshach Browning
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
FORTY-FOUR YEARS OF THE LIFE OF A HUNTER
Author: MESHACH. BROWNING
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781033000465
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781033000465
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description