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<p><p>Cornelia Thurza Crosby's remarkable life (1854-1946) gave rise to a certain amount of legend&#58; she was the first woman to legally shoot a caribou in Maine, held the first Maine Guide license issued, caught 200 trout in one day (and was an early advocate for catch-and-release), and was rumored to have shot against Annie Oakley in a sharpshooting competition. Julia Hunter's insightful biography separates fact from fiction while exploring the career of a woman who worked tirelessly to promote the sporting life in Maine at the turn of the century.</p> <p>Miss Crosby was an articulate writer herself, and her column, "Fly Rod's Note Book," was syndicated throughout the eastern United States. The Maine Central Railroad employed her to travel to expositions and fairs, where in her outdoor dress of dark green doeskin with a scandalously short skirt, she stood in front of a small log camp decorated with the paraphenalia and trophies of the sporting life, spoke with passersby about the delights of Maine, and showed them her scrapbook of photographs&#151;enticing them to travel the rails to the woods.</p> <p>Many of the photographs in her album were taken by E. R. Starbird, a commerci

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Author

Hunter, Julia A., 1957-

Publisher

Tilbury House ; Friends of the Maine State Museum, c2000.

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780884482208

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Agriculture, Historical Fiction, Memoir

Rating

4.8 / 5 (11 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14