The Adventures of James Capen Adams: Mountaineer and Grizzly Bear Hunter, of California by Theodore Henry Hittell
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Overview: In 1860, one of the first English books written in California about something else than gold-mines appeared in San Francisco: "The Adventures of James Capen Adams, Mountaineer and Grizzly Bear Hunter of California" by Theodore Henry Hittell (1830-1917). It is the true story of a mountain man’s wanderings from Washington to the Kern River, from the Sierra Nevada to the Rockies, accompanied by his mules and bears, traversing of this great area of trackless wilderness and snowy mountain chains. Adams was a dealer in furs as well as a trapper, hunter, and trainer of bears. While local editor of the Bulletin in San Francisco, Hittell was one day attracted by an animal show which was holding in a basement on Clay, near Liedesdorff street. Among the live animals were three grizzly bears, named Samson, Ben Franklin and Lady Washington. Samson was of enormous size and was said to weigh fifteen hundred pounds. He was captured when grown, and, though not wild, was untamed, and kept in a cage. The other two grizzlies were captured when cubs and had been tamed by the owner. Mr. Hittell noticed that the fur was worn off the backs of the tame bears and was amazed to learn that they had been used in the mountains as pack animals and that the owner rode them when necessary. It did not take Mr. Hittell long to become very well acquainted with the owner, whose name was James Capen Adams (1812–1860), a mountain man who had spent years in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Genre: Non Fiction, History
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