J Frank Dobie

The Ben Lilly Legend

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Ben Lilly Legend brings back to life a great American hunter--the greatest bear hunter in history after Davy Crockett, by his own account and also by the record. J. Frank Dobie met Lilly and was so struck by this extraordinary man that he collected everything he could find about him.Here are all the stories Ben Lilly told and a great many more Frank Dobie heard about him, put together in a fresh and fascinating contribution to American folklore.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1981
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 138mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9780292707283
• ISBN-10: 0292707282
• Artikelnr.: 22231892

Autorenporträt

By J. Frank Dobie

Inhaltsangabe

Esau the Hunter
I. Mister Ben Lilly and His Book
II. The Cowwhip
III. That Hawk Kept Flying
IV. Teddy Roosevelt's Chief Huntsman
V. In Texas and Mexico
VI. Master Sign-reader of the Rockies
VII. "That Taos Bear"
VIII. The Lilly Dogs
IX. Ben Lilly on Panthers
X. The Smell of Mortality
Sources: People and Print
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