Books and Blogs on Hunting in the 19th Century Lower Mississippi Valley South and Related Topics
Over a century ago readers of sporting journals in America and Europe relished the tales of Mississippi Delta bear hunter Robert Eager Bobo. Yet, in the years since, this most famous bear hunter of the late 1800s has been all but forgotten – until now. The Bear Hunter: The Life and Times of Robert Eager…
The bear and panther that populated the woods and canebrakes of the lower Mississippi Valley in the 1800s left a permanent mark on the collective memory of that region. Unfortunately only a relatively small number of writings from that time have survived that provide real insight into the habits of those creatures and how the…
Bird Dog Man, the Story of W. W. Titus, Father of the National Bird Dog Championship Field Trials, chronicles the history of the early days of field trials in North America. Told through Titus’s own memoirs supplemented by the writing and research of award-winning author James T. McCafferty, Bird Dog Man begins with the first U. S….
