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- English
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Killing For Sport - Essays by Various Writers
About this book
This vintage book contains a collection of fascinating articles on the subject of hunting. They cover a variety of interesting subjects ranging from economics and agriculture to ethics and cruelty, and are highly recommended for modern huntsmen and those with an interest in the sport. Contents include: "The Cruelty of Sport", "Shooting", "Hare-Hunting and Otter-Hunting", "Spurious Sports", "The Ethics of Sport", "Sport and Agriculture", "Pheasant or Peasant", "The Cost of Sport", "The Reality", "The Economics of Hunting", "The Recreation of the Few", "Facts about the Game Laws", "The Poacher", "Organising a Hunt", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with its original artwork and text. "Killing For Sport" was first published in 1915.
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Information
Publisher
Read Country BooksYear
2017Print ISBN
9781473331525eBook ISBN
9781473341494Table of contents
- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- George Bernard Shaw
- Note
- Contents
- Preface
- The Cruelty of Sport
- Sport and Agriculture
- The Cost of Sport
- The Economics of Hunting
- Facts about the Game Laws
- The Destruction of Wild Life
- The Callousness of Fox-Hunting
- Big Game Hunting
- Blood-Sports at Schools
- Fallacies of Sportsmen
- Appendix
- Index