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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Hunting Trips of a Ranchman&quot; was an entertaining read if the hunting narrative genre floats your boat.  Unfortunately &quot;The Wilderness Hunter&quot; was mostly a re-edited HOToaR with entire chapters lifted wholesale.  Including both books in a single volume was pointless and disappoin...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is ok. It evokes the west of the late 19th century, but is also sort of a catalog on how to hunt and shoot various animals.  Even if you are a hunter, these methods and weapons are a little dated.  I enjoyed Teddy's descriptions - but that's about it.  ]]></body>
    
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