William Elliott's Carolina Sports by Land and Water: Including Incidents of Devil-Fishing, Wildcat, Deer, and Bear Hunting, Etc.

by William Elliott

Book Overview

The wild and woolly adventures of a nineteenth-century sportsman

In the first half of the nineteenth century, rice and cotton planter William Elliott hunted bear, deer, and wild-cat in the South Carolina Lowcountry. In the rivers he fished for drum, sheepshead, and bass. he even claimed to be the first person to slay a devil-fish in Port Royal Sound. Elliott was a sportsman's sportsman, and in Carolina Sports by Land and Water,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872499871
• ISBN13: 9780872499874
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"