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Date Original
1854
Description
This book records fascinating vignettes of life in Arkansas and numerous tales of hunting expeditions.
Biographical/Historical Note
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Gerstacker was born in Hamburg, Germany on May 10, 1816. He came to New York in 1837 and set out for West traveling by foot to Arkansas. And he spent three months in 1838 hunting on the Little Red River and working as fireman on a steamboat on the Arkansas River. He was a nineteenth-century author who wrote about his observations and social conditions.
Physical Description
396 pages, plates, 7.5" x 5"
Subjects
Hunting; Fishing; Travel
Contributor
Friedrich Gerstacker
Geographical Area
Arkansas River, Cache River
Language
English
Identifier
F411.6.P161 1925
Resource Type
Text
Collection
ASA books
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Wild Sports in the Far West, ASA books, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
Comments
Frederick Gerstaecker wrote popular travel and adventure stories. He provided interesting glimpses of Arkansas pioneer life in the early years of statehood. - Sheila Bevill