MeatEater's American History: The Long Hunters (1761-1775)

By: Steven Rinella, Clay Newcomb

Narrated by: Steven Rinella, Clay Newcomb

From the creators of the New York Times bestselling series Campfire Stories: Close Calls comes a new original audiobook that brings to life the bold, hair-raising, and often tragic adventures of a generation of eighteenth-century frontiersmen: the Long Hunters.

Steven Rinella (The MeatEater Podcast) and Clay Newcomb (MeatEater's Bear Grease podcast) gather listeners for a new round of stories, this time drawing from the lives of the rugged Long Hunters, who include such figures as Daniel Boone, Henry Skaggs, and Kasper Mansker. These were the commercial hunters and trappers who explored and exploited the First Far West, the land across the Appalachian Mountains, in the era between the Seven Years War and the American Revolution—one of the most fabled periods of American history.

The feats of these courageous, resilient backwoodsmen forever shaped a national identity centered around individualism, capitalism, freedom, and the need for wild places and wild animals.

Amazing bit of history

Amazing narration as always, y’all could read me a book about geometry and I’d probably listen to it!

Perfection

Newcomb is a perfect addition to this title. Can't wait to see what more is to come from this series.

Great listen

Entertaining and informative. This well researched and narrated book will be a regular listen for me

The actual amount of research that went into ensuring the accuracy of the stories

Wish they would have also covered other hunters such as Simon Kenton, who also spent a lot of time in the same area.

America History

Great insights on the impact Long Hunters had in early American History. DB was the man!!!!