Cruisings in the Cascades, A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing
Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1889.
First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Title continues: "With Special Chapters on Hunting the Grizzly Bear, the Buffalo, Elk, Antelope, Rocky Mountain Goat, and Deer; Also on Trouting in the Rocky Mountains; on A Montana Round-Up; Life Among the Cowboys, etc." 339 pp, illustrations, 12 pages of ads for books, photographic supplies, cigarettes, guns, taxidermy supplies, sporting attire, railroad excursions. Original rust cloth decorated in gilt, with image of an elk stamped on the front board. Shields (1846-1925) wrote extensively on sporting topics under the pen-name Coquina before establishing Recreation: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Everything the Name Implies in 1894. Between 1897 and 1902, he was head of the Campfire Club of America. Much of this volume recounts his travels through the Puget Sound and Cascades regions and an excursion into British Columbia. Other chapters deal with hunting or fishing trips in Montana, Texas, and northern Wisconsin. Smith 9422, Herd 2060.
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