The Hunt:

"The Wild Turkey Hunter." Thorpe, Thomas Bangs. The Hive of the Bee-Hunter. New York: Appleton, 1854. View larger version (300 dpi, suitable to download & print). Courtesy of Barrett Collection, University of Virginia Alderman Library.

Anon. "Singular Encounter With a Deer." New Orleans Daily Picayune, 11 January 1845 (no 302). 2nd unnumbered page.

Anon. "Toby Small's Panther Hunt. An Original Arkansas Story." New York Spirit of the Times 15.39 (22 November 1845): 458.

Anon. "Turkey Tom." Porter’s Spirit of the Times, 20 December 1856 (vol 16): 252.

"Chasseur Boheme." "Turkey Tom of 'Arkinsaw.' " New York Spirit of the Times 30.19 (16 June1860): 217-18.

Greene, Hazel. "A Deer Hunt by Torchlight." New York Spirit of the Times 29.45 (17 December 1859): 531.

Phillips, Natt. "Wedding and Deer Hunt in Kentucky." New York Spirit of the Times 9.49 (8 February 1840): 583.

"Spinning Bait." "Shooting at the Devil." New York Spirit of the Times 30.20 (23 June1860): 232.

"Tom B. of Arkansas." "Extracts From My Hunting Journal." New York Spirit of the Times 14.2 (9 March 1844): 19.

"The Turkey Runner." "Scenes on Deer Creek and the Sunflower." New York Spirit of the Times 14.8 (20 April 1844): 91.