Books with author Lynn Bogue Hunt

This book was originally published in 1922, and has four full page illustrations by Lynn Bogue Hunt. It tells the story of two young teenage boys, orphans from the city, moving to the frontier to try and make their living as fur trappers, and to save up money to buy land and start a ranch. It contains lots of information about trappers and about the animals they hunt, as well as their run-in with a kindly old man who teaches them the ways of the west, and a less happy run-in with a thief and poacher. Suitable for adults, teens, and older children; but it does talk about trapping and skinning animals. There is a dog who is injured in a battle with a grizzly bear, but he recovers. There are guns, but no one gets seriously injured (a gun accident hurts a man’s leg, a thief is shot at). No cussing, nudity, or things of any sexual nature.About the Author: Hal George Evarts, Sr. (1887-1934) was a best-selling author of western adventure in the 1920s and 1930s. He traveled all over the west, and at various times was a rancher, trapper, a surveyor in the U.S. Indian Territory, a back-country hunting guide in Wyoming, and raised fur-bearing animals for their pelts. He became an acknowledged expert on hunting and trapping, and in his midlife became outdoors editor of "The Saturday Evening Post", specializing in articles about hunting.