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Usually ships in 1 business days | | Only 3 left in stock, order soon! | | | | | | The Ben Lilly Legend brings back to life a great American hunter--the greatest bear hunter in history after Davy Crockett, by his own account and also by the record. J. Frank Dobie met Lilly and was so struck by this extraordinary man that he collected everything he could find about him. Lilly was born in Alabama in 1856, followed the bear and the panther westward through Mississippi and Louisiana to Texas, leaving a trail of stories about his prowess as a hunter and his goodness as a man. He was at one time "chief huntsman" to Teddy Roosevelt, hunted in Texas and Mexico, and came to be known as the master sign reader of the Rockies. Here are all the stories Ben Lilly told and a great many more Frank Dobie heard about him, put together in a fresh and fascinating contribution to American folklore. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | J. Frank Dobie | | Paperback: | 253 pages | | Publisher: | University of Texas Press | | Publication Date: | 1981 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0292707282 | | Product Length: | 0.83 inches | | Product Width: | 0.54 inches | | Product Height: | 0.07 inches | | Product Weight: | 0.73 pounds | | Package Length: | 8.1 inches | | Package Width: | 5.4 inches | | Package Height: | 0.8 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.5 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 5 reviews |
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29 of 29 found the following review helpful:
 This is the best source on the 20th century's greatest outdo Nov 21, 1997
Ben Lilly lived in the wild, and he was as wild as the predators he hunted. No animal in the woods was more at home than the bearded, eccentric Ben Lilly. He and his hounds never slept in a house for over 40 years. A grim destroyer of bears and mtn lions, working with an Old Testament fervor? Or a keen observer of nature, a naturalist that benefitted modern science and a pioneer of game management? A little of both perhaps, but doubtless the greatest bear and lion biologists of our day could learn much if able to sit at Mr. Lilly's campfire in the rugged Mogollon mtns of the Southwest. Lilly could have hunted with Bridger, Carson, Old Bill Williams and the best of them. No man is said to have matched his endurance, tracking skills or marksmanship. He lived into a modern age but remained as wild as the forest primeval.
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
The Ben Lilly Legend Nov 22, 2001
By willis richardson
I rank this book so highly as I do all such type of literature. It may not bring long philosophical answers but it does make us look at who would appear to the man on the street if he saw Ben Lilly as someone uneducated and ingnorant when he is quite the contrary. I spent a lot of time traveling the US and Europe years
ago and made it a point to stop and talk with people doing what might seem menial jobs. I talked with a gardner in Madrid near the Pardo Museum who had worked a rose garden all of his life, he was then eighty years old. Ben Lilly brings to life a person who lived in a time of interesting characters of this country. He reminds me of the early market hunters found on the east coast of this country. Do some research through the Georgia Historial Society in Savannah, Georgia. They provided fresh waterfowl and game for the local resturants. All of these men were of a unique and misunderstood nature. Ben Lilly was one of these men.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Lilly was a facinating man, this book nailed him. Feb 18, 2009
By Donald W. Smith
"Mucasplug"
I really enjoyed this read. Ben Lilly is an enigma. The book is well worth the money.
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
What a guy !! Jan 06, 2009
By Robert J. Davidson
Great book ! Read it in ONE sitting.
I sure wish I had this guys stamina !
A real inspiration for us testosterone-laden guys.
4 of 13 found the following review helpful:
 A Waste of Time Oct 17, 2001
This book is truly a waste of time and money.What this man did is for the most part ludicrous if not down right bull... The author's hero worship of the subject is evident in the fact that the subject is potrayed almost as a saint.The really bad part is the somewhat warped view of history the author submits.Some of the events and people written about here just didn't do or act as potrayed in this book.I've read other J.Frank Dobie books and have been delighted by them.This one does not measure up to the others.Anyone interested in reading a great outdoor adventure book in the biography field,should read "Alaska's Wolf Man" by Jim Rearden.It is available from Amazon.com and is worth the price.
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