The Hunters Feast

Reproduction of the original: The Hunters ́ Feast by Captain Mayne Reid

"The Hunters' Feast" by Captain Mayne Reid is an adventurous story that takes readers into the heart of the wasteland. Reid, known for his interesting narratives, crafts a tale that revolves across the pleasure and challenges of the search. The plot unfolds against the backdrop of untamed landscapes, in which characters navigate thru dense forests and come across various perils. The narrative skillfully combines elements of action, suspense, and herbal splendor. Reid's shiny descriptions bring the wild surroundings to lifestyles, immersing readers inside the thrill of the chase. The characters, driven via their passion for searching, embark on a journey that checks their competencies and courage. As the story progresses, readers are handled to a feast of sensory reviews, from the rustling of leaves to the adrenaline-pumping encounters with formidable natural world. Captain Mayne Reid's storytelling prowess shines thru, making "The Hunters' Feast" a captivating study for people who delight in stories of journey, nature, and the indomitable spirit of the quest.

What did people on the frontier do in the evenings after hunting or long trails of buffalo driving? First, of course, there gathered around the campfire, ate meat, and told stories. The book is a collection of stories about exciting adventures and hunting overheard near the campfire in a merry company of brave men.

The only account of Reid's hunting trip with John J. Audubon from St. Louis to the Osage country, 300 miles southwest of Independence, Missouri. Stories about hunting cougars, squirrels, raccoons, moose, bears, buffalo and more. These tales of hunting and knowledge of a naturalist, combine to tell of life in the far West. Mayne Reid, a pre-eminent and popular writer, was primarily a novelist (1818-1883) who wrote adventure stories from just before the Civil War until his death in 1883. Reid's career included two periods in the U. S: 1840-49 and 1867-70. He had emigrated to the United States in his early twenties, reaching New Orleans in January, 1840, where he pursued a varied career as a shopkeeper, overseer of slaves, schoolmaster, and actor, with occasional forays into hunting and Indian warfare. Reid returned to England in 1849, and embarked upon a successful career as a writer of adventure novels and books for boys. He was a close friend of Poe (though their writings were miles apart), played a gallant role in the Mexican War, worked as a journalist and wrote most of his first novel while in the United States. He was an influence on the young mind of Teddy Roosevelt, as Roosevelt reveals in his Autobiography; while Arthur Conan Doyle wrote in his 1890s essay Juvenilia that when young he always kept "Mr. Ballantyne or Captain Mayne Reid at my elbow; " Robert Louis Stevenson praised Reid in the Vailima Letters, and J. Frank Dobie has said he, "dared convey real information in his romances."

Excerpt from The Hunters' Feast: Or Conversations Around the Camp-Fire TO the traveller, St. Louis is a place of peculiar interest. He will hear around him the language of every nation in the civilised world. He will behold faces Of every hue and variety Of expression. He will meet with men Of every possible calling. All this is peculiarly true in the latter part of the summer season. Then the motley population of New Orleans fly from the annual scourge of the yellow fever, and seek safety in the cities that lie further north. Of these. St. Louis is a favourite 'city of refuge, ' the Creole element Of its population being related to that kindred race in the South, and keeping up with it this annual correspondence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.