This work blends social and environmental history to offer a look at the angry struggles between American wildlife conservationists and local hunters since the late 19th century.

This provocative book blends social and environmental history to offer a new look at the angry struggles between American wildlife conservationists and local hunters since the late nineteenth century.

"Warren argues persuasively that hunting regulations (at the turn of the century) caused enduring political restiveness because they represented 'one of the most startling examples of how the nation acquired power over the most intimate of relationships between people and nature.'" -- Keith Schneider, New York Times Book Review