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[Hunting and Sporting] Mershon, Wm. B. Recollections of My Fifty Years Hunting and Fishing. Boston: The Stratford Company, 1923. first edition. Publisher’s textured maroon cloth titled in gilt. Frontispiece depicting “The Last of His Race;” an image of the “last wild turkey in Michigan” killed by the author. Illustrated. 8vo. Ends slightly rubbed, Bentley Historical Library loan plate on front pastedown, previous ownership stamp to ffep. A near fine copy. Hand M379; Bruns 164. The author “killed the last wild turkey in Michigan” and planted Michigan’s first brook trout.