The Young Nimrods in North America: A Book for Boys (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from The Young Nimrods in North America: A Book for Boys

Nimrods has endeavored to instruct the boys of America in the ways of the hunter's life. He has made use of his own experience among the wild animals of our forests and plains, and has also drawn freely from the accounts of others. He has sought to amuse as well as to instruct, and hopes that the favor that has been extended to his work in other directions will be accorded to the present effort.

A fair amount of natural history has been interwoven with the stories of hunting and fishing; it has been the writer's aim to convey informa tion in such form that it would not be open tothe charge of dulness and prolixity, and to this end the dialogue form has been freely introduced. How far he has succeeded in this endeavor he leaves the reader to de termine.

The illustrations have been taken from previous publications of Har per Brothers, but in all instances they have been carefully chosen with a view to the correct representation of the objects described. The an thor is specially indebted to General Marcy's Army Life on the Bor der, both for illustrations and for descriptions of certain phases of fron tier life which that veteran officer has so graphically delineated. He is also under obligations to Mr. Murphy's Sporting Adventures in the Far West, and to the accounts of life in the buffalo land by Mr. Theodore R. Davis.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Young Nimrods in North America: A Book for Boys

In preparing this volume for the press the author of "The Young Nimrods" has endeavored to instruct the boys of America in the ways of the hunter's life. He has made use of his own experience among the wild animals of our forests and plains, and has also drawn freely from the accounts of others. He has sought to amuse as well as to instruct, and hopes that the favor that has been extended to his work in other directions will be accorded to the present effort.

A fair amount of natural history has been interwoven with the stories of hunting and fishing; it has been the writer's aim to convey information in such form that it would not be open to the charge of dulness and prolixity, and to this end the dialogue form has been freely introduced. How far he has succeeded in this endeavor he leaves the reader to determine.

The illustrations have been taken from previous publications of Harper & Brothers, but in all instances they have been carefully chosen with a view to the correct representation of the objects described. The author is specially indebted to General Marcy's "Army Life on the Border," both for illustrations and for descriptions of certain phases of frontier life which that veteran officer has so graphically delineated. He is also under obligations to Mr. Murphy's "Sporting Adventures in the Far West," and to the accounts of life in the buffalo land by Mr. Theodore R. Davis.

Above all, he has sought to produce a volume that should be unexceptionable in point of morals, and may be freely placed in the hands of youth all over the land.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.