The Hunter's Game: Poachers and Conservationists in Twentieth-Century America (Yale Historical Publications Series)
Ask any resident of a rural area about hunting season in their community and  you're sure to get their favorite stories: the malamute that was mistaken for a wolf and  shot by that fellow from New York, or the guy driving back to Boston with a goat  strapped to his fender, convinced he'd bagged a deer. The tensions and prejudices  between country and city are never more evident than during hunting season, and inThe Hunter's Game, Louis S. Warren provides an interesting historical  perspective to the subject. According to Warren, until the turn of the century, hunting was  unregulated, and for many working-class people it was a way to supplement their family's  diet. Then the government intervened, designating wildlife as a community resource that  had to be managed, and a kind of war broke out between mostly immigrant communities  and the wildlife officers sent to enforce new regulations.What makesThe Hunter's Gamemore than just an interesting anecdote about a  historical event is Warren's persuasive argument that hunter's rights and the government's  ability to regulate them is emblematic of the sometimes uneasy relationship between  individuals and their government. Nearly 100 years later, balancing the individual's rights  with the greater good of society is still a contentious issue on many fronts, and the story  Louis S. Warren tells is more relevant than ever.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.