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HUNTING BIG GAME IN THE SIERRAS OF CHIHUAHUA
1905WRCAM55252Mansfield Oh.: Melville A. Pollock 1905. 56pp. including ten full-page illustrations. Modern tan morocco gilt silk pastedowns lacks original wrappers. Recent bookseller's ticket on verso of rear free endpaper. Slight residue on endpapers from rubbing from pastedowns. Fine. An uncommon account of a two-week hunting excursion in the Sierras of Chihuahua in northern Mexico. Carpenter from Ohio was primarily hunting deer and his small group departed El Paso Texas on October 23 1905 headed for their base at Casas Grandes some 165 miles to the south. Carpenter's companions were brothers from El Paso: J.F. Bennett referred to as "the Treasurer" and Hilario F. Bennett "the Photographer". Carpenter describes their hunting experiences the deer and other animals that they shot life in camp an awful meal at a Chinese restaurant their first night in Chihuahua and the Mexican landscape and people he encountered. He devotes much space to the habits and abilities of his Mexican guide called Valentine and the final chapter is an appreciation of the Mexican people. The text was edited by Melville Pollock who is also the publisher. OCLC locates eight copies at Colorado State University Library of Congress New Mexico State University Mansfield-Richland County Public Library in Ohio DeGolyer Library Autry Museum and two at Yale. PHILLIPS SPORTING BOOKS p.71. HELLER 49. OCLC 22550271 166503162. Melville A. Pollock unknown books
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