Big Game Hunting

Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and On the Great Plains. Comprising "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman" and "The Wilderness Hunter" New York and London: G.P. Putnams Sons; The Knickerbocker Press, 1899.With 55 illustrations by Remington, Frost, Beard, and others. "Midway through Roosevelts third term [in the New York State Assembly] in 1884, his wife died after giving birth to a daughter. He immersed himself in legislative matters to the end of the session, then sought solace on his ranch in western Dakotaa land of vast silent spaces, a place of grim beauty For a while the 25-year-old widower considered a life of ranching, hunting, and writing" (ANB). Hunting Trips of a Ranchman, published in 1885, was written during this Dakota sojourn. The Wilderness Hunter was first published in 1893. Wheelock, 7. A lovely, strong and clean copy in a contemporay 3/4 morocoo binding. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Seller Inventory # 99563