Wild Sports in the Far West

Even that mighty hunter, Gordon Cumming himself, must own himself completely surpassed by this young German, Gerstaecker. -"e;The"e; Illustrated London News, 1854. "e;One of the first men to come hunting in Arkansas."e; -Bass, For the Trees (1981). "e;Frederick Gerstaecker, the German hunter, tramped all over the State from 1839 to 1842."e; -Shinn, Pioneers and Makers of Arkansas, 1908. Called "e;The White Bear"e; by Indians, because of his reputation as a great hunter, Frederick Gerstaecker (1816-1872) hunted bears, panthers, and wolves in the sparcely populated wilderness of Arkansas during the years 1839 to 1842. In 1859, Gerstaecker published a narrative of his life as a backwoodsman in Arkansas titled "e;Wild Sports in the Far West."e; The book contains entertaining accounts of close scrapes with bears, panthers, and wolves as well as rough hard-drinking frontiersmen and pioneers. (Goodreads)