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Memoirs of a Hunter - Experiences in Finland and Russia 1904-1930- Friedrich Remmler, Edited by Martin Hollinshead Memoirs of a Hunter is an astonishing account of hunting, trapping and hawking in Finland and Russia between 1904 and 1930. Coming from a manuscript lost for thirty-five years, this is a staggering true-life adventure of deep snow, dark forests and times and places long since claimed by history: in Finland, lynx are run down on skis, in Tsarist Russia borzois are matched against wolves, and below the Ural Mountains the reader is introduced to some of the most formidable golden eagles ever employed in falconry. It's a tale of bear hunts and of stalking seals out on frozen oceans, of forgotten techniques, hardship and danger. Described in graphic detail and illustrated by renowned Russian artist Vadim Gorbatov, this mesmerizing account will captivate not only the hunter, but anyone interested in wildlife and the outdoors. 'Many know of Friedrich Remmler as the first western master of eagles. But his Memoirs of a Hunter opens up an entire lost world, so wild and brave it seems it could not be just a century ago. Nobody interested in the history of hunting and lost adventures should miss this book.' Stephen Bodio
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- PublisherThe Fernhill Press
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0956316905
- ISBN 13 9780956316905
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages155
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Grehge nter: Experiences in Finland and Russia 1904-1930
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. ear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.28. Seller Inventory # 1048706163
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MEMOIRS OF A HUNTER: EXPERIENCES IN FINLAND AND RUSSIA 1904 - 1930. By Friedrich Remmler. Translated by Ingmar Remmler. Edited by Martin Hollinshead.
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The Fernhill Press. (Martin Hollinshead). Staffordshire. 2012.
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Book Description (Hardcover, 2009). (2009) 2012 reprint. 8vo (160 x 242mm). Pp153 + 1p ad. B/w illustrations by Vadim Gorbatov. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. This is a fascinating - and perhaps unique - account of a life divided between middle class St. Petersburg, the Russian aristocracy & the vast multinational peasantry. Friedrich Remmler was born to a German family and grew up in the Grand Duchy of Finland, hunting & shooting at every opportunity in what is now Finland, Karelia and Russia. He pursues wolves with borzois as a guest of the Neratovs, runs down lynx, bears & more wolves with famous Finnish huntsmen, hunts seals on ice floes with commercial sealers where he is swept off in an ice storm, surviving only by luck. He visited Russia's great eagle market at Orenburg, and makes innumerable observations on the society around him. After WWI Remmler ran a business in Finland, collecting wild animals live for zoos and collections around the world and pioneering the safe trapping of elk (moose). Eventually, he and his family emigrated to rural Ontario where he wrote this memoir. The parts describing hawking with eagles were used as the basis for "The Last Wolf Hawker: The Eagle Falconry of Friedrich Remmler" (our stock number 16835). The rest of Remmler's memoir is presented here, translated by his son Ingmar and edited by Martin Hollinshead. The wonderful illustrations by Vadim Gorbatov compliment the text perfectly. A gripping account of places and an era of which we know little, and surely destined to become a classic. . Seller Inventory # 50174
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