MeatEater's American History: The Long Hunters (1761-1775)

MeatEater's American History: The Long Hunters (1761-1775)

About the Book

From the creators of the New York Times bestselling series Campfire Stories: Close Calls comes a new original audiobook that brings to life the bold, hair-raising, and often tragic adventures of a generation of eighteenth-century frontiersmen: the Long Hunters.

Steven Rinella (The MeatEater Podcast) and Clay Newcomb (MeatEater's Bear Grease podcast) gather listeners for a new round of stories, this time drawing from the lives of the rugged Long Hunters, who include such figures as Daniel Boone, Henry Skaggs, and Kasper Mansker. These were the commercial hunters and trappers who explored and exploited the First Far West, the land across the Appalachian Mountains, in the era between the Seven Years War and the American Revolution—one of the most fabled periods of American history.

The feats of these courageous, resilient backwoodsmen forever shaped a national identity centered around individualism, capitalism, freedom, and the need for wild places and wild animals.
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About the Author

Steven Rinella
Steven Rinella is an outdoorsman, writer, wild foods enthusiast, and television and podcast personality who is a passionate advocate for conservation and the protection of public lands. Rinella is the host of the television show and podcast MeatEater; his most recent book is the #1 New York Times bestseller Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars. His writing has appeared in many publications, including OutsideField & Stream, and The New Yorker. Rinella lives in Bozeman, Montana, with his wife and their three kids. More by Steven Rinella
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Clay Newcomb
Clay Newcomb is the host of the top-ranked Bear Grease podcast, part of the MeatEater podcast network. A seventh-generation Arkansan, he is a hunter, naturalist, and chronicler of rural American culture. The former publisher of Bear Hunting magazine, he is currently at work on a book about the history and lore of black bears in North America. More by Clay Newcomb
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About the Author

Steven Rinella
Steven Rinella is an outdoorsman, writer, wild foods enthusiast, and television and podcast personality who is a passionate advocate for conservation and the protection of public lands. Rinella is the host of the television show and podcast MeatEater; his most recent book is the #1 New York Times bestseller Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars. His writing has appeared in many publications, including OutsideField & Stream, and The New Yorker. Rinella lives in Bozeman, Montana, with his wife and their three kids. More by Steven Rinella
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About the Author

Clay Newcomb
Clay Newcomb is the host of the top-ranked Bear Grease podcast, part of the MeatEater podcast network. A seventh-generation Arkansan, he is a hunter, naturalist, and chronicler of rural American culture. The former publisher of Bear Hunting magazine, he is currently at work on a book about the history and lore of black bears in North America. More by Clay Newcomb
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