Called a classic in environmental history, Reiger's (history, Ohio U.-Chillicothe) book has rarely been out of print for the past quarter century. He argues that people who hunted and fished for pleasure rather than necessity were the vanguard of the American conservation movement beginning in the 1870s. In the third edition, he extends the coverage back to before the Civil War and forward to the present. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)