Sons of a Trackless Forest: The Cumberland Long Hunters of the 18th Century

Description: The years Mark Baker has committed to extensive research has resulted in Sons of a Trackless Forest, an impressive volume blending fast-paced, readable narrative with solid facts that shed light on the American frontier experience. Mark has amassed an impressive body of knowledge, which he extracted from several primary sources, including personal letters and journals written by the frontiersmen, hunters and explorers themselves. And to complement the perspectives of the original participants, he has rescued insights from early nineteenth-century chronicles and biographies. The wealth of information presented reveals a new outlook that will revise our understanding and appreciation of the period. For much of America's history, a certain fascination has existed in American culture with the lifestyle of the woodsman who made the hardwood wilderness his home. Over time this fascination has given birth to a collection of romantic traits firmly identified with such a frontiersman.The requirements for survival in a deep wilderness forced the pre-American Revolution era woodsman turned long hunter, to be "Indian," to demonstrate a high level of marksmanship, and ultimately to draw most of his needs from the bounty of the forest. Such requirements tended to promote the popular conceptions surrounding the eastern frontiersman. Looking beyond those legendary traits, though, such a lifestyle was often an uphill path made only steeper by a rather monotonous diet, days spent in endless and mundane labor, and the threat of perpetual warfare born of political forces beyond his control.

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