George Magoon and the Down East Game WarAuthor :
Paperback
Published : Tuesday 1 December 1992
Description
George Magoon (1851-1929), a notorious A moose and deer poacher in Maine, was the hero of scores of funny stories of A how he outwitted game wardens. Preserving these oral histories, Edward Ives A documents Magoon's life and explores his significance as a folk hero within A the context of the conservation movement, the cult of the sportsman, and Maine's A increasingly restrictive game laws. "A rich and subtle book, an A important work by a major scholar. . . . It is a major contribution to folklore A studies, and to history and American studies as well." A -- Journal of American Folklore A
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