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Ep. 278: Hunting In Chains

Published: 2021-06-21 09:00:00
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Steven Rinella talks Scott Giltner, Phil Taylor, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis.


Topics discussed: Jani's first marathon, kind of; skullets and Phil's Flock of Seagulls hairdo; corrections!; alpine parrots pecking at your kidney fat; what it means for a wildlife species to be naturally uncommon; one last good cyst story; buying Alaska and the myth of "Seward's Folly"; Steve's forthcoming anti-Shakespeare book; "Hunting and Fishing in the New South"; the antebellum and post-Emancipation periods; the gang system and the task system of slave labor; hunting and fishing cultivating a sense of independence; how to get a 'possum or raccoon down from a tree without a gun; trying to preserve the scene of the Old South for northern tourism; uneven application of the Second Amendment; "retinue" as a fancy word for shitload of people; explaining the minstrel character of Jim Crow and the system of segregation; Holt Collier and Teddy Roosevelt's bear story; the significance of competence; and more.



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Referenced Books

Hunting and Fishing in the New South: Black labor and white leisure after the Civil War
by Scott Guiltner
This is the main book being discussed in the podcast. Scott Guiltner is the guest and author being interviewed about this book, which covers hunting and fishing practices of slaves and free persons of color in the post-Civil War South.
Referenced at 00:00:08
Bathed in Blood: Hunting and Mastering in the Old South
by Nick Proctor
Scott Guiltner mentions this book when discussing how someone else had already written about slavery and hunting, which influenced him to focus on the post-emancipation period instead. He describes it as 'a great book' with 'a great title.'
Referenced at 00:00:08
Hunt the High Country
by Duncan Gilchrist
Steve Rinella mentions this book as one he's 'a great admirer of' by an accomplished alpine hunter. He tells a story about buying a used copy for a hundred dollars online, only to discover it was his own copy that he had previously loaned out and lost track of.
Referenced at 00:00:08
None
by Jack O'Connor
Steve mentions having loaned out 'a first edition Jack O'Connor' book to Scott. Jack O'Connor was a famous outdoor writer, though the specific title of this first edition is not mentioned in the conversation.
Referenced at 00:00:08