Following the success of the first two volumes of MeatEater’s Campfire Stories, Steven Rinella—renowned outdoorsman, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and popular television and podcast host—and Clay Newcomb—fellow MeatEater Crew member and host of the popular Bear Grease podcast—unite for an all-new audiobook original. MeatEater’s American History: The Long Hunters (1761–1775) (on sale January 9, 2024; Random House Audio) brings to life the bold, hair-raising, and often tragic adventures of a singular generation of eighteenth-century frontiersmen.
Daniel Boone & The Long Hunters
The long hunters—who included such figures as Daniel Boone, Henry Skaggs, and Kasper Mansker—are one of the least understood but most fascinating groups of men to be found in the annals of American history. These were the commercial hunters and trappers who explored and exploited the First Far West, the land across the Appalachian Mountains, in the fabled era between the Seven Years’ War and the American Revolution.
As told by Rinella and Newcomb, these aren’t just any old stories about people in the wilderness.
They’re about individuals who radically engaged with nature, exploring strange and unfamiliar landscapes, living off the land, getting their hands bloody, and often paying with their lives as the price of their adventures.
These are stories about who we are as Americans and where we come from. The feats of these courageous, resilient backwoodsmen forever shaped a national identity centered around individualism, capitalism, freedom, and the need for wild places and wild animals.
Says Rinella, “the little-known saga of the long hunters has fascinated me all my life—and I couldn’t think of a better format to bring this story to new audiences. The research for this project connected some of my favorite tales of wilderness adventure and backwoods hunting prowess to larger insights about early American history, ecology, and warfare. I couldn’t be prouder to be launching it.”
Rinella’s and Newcomb’s immersive and thrilling examination of the long hunters and the blood-soaked story of the whitetail deerskin trade of the 1700s provides a deeper understanding of the relationship between Americans and the natural world and is sure to appeal to outdoorsmen and armchair historians alike.
Penguin Random House Audio continues to expand its audiobook-exclusive publishing program, including the audiobook originals Conversations on Letting Go by Najwa Zebian, The Ghost Club by Kate Winkler Dawson, No One Goes Alone by Erik Larson, All Rise by Nick Offerman, and more.
MEATEATER’S AMERICAN HISTORY: THE LONG HUNTERS (1761–1775)
With Steven Rinella and Clay Newcomb
Random House Audio | Audio Download ISBN: 9780593791561
BOT | Audio Download ISBN: 9780593791578
On sale January 9, 2024
Steven Rinella is an outdoorsman, writer, wild-foods enthusiast, and television and podcast personality who is a passionate advocate for conservation and the protection of public lands. Rinella is the host of the television show and podcast MeatEater; his last two books are the New York Times bestsellers Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars and Outdoor Kids in an Inside World. His writing has appeared in many publications, including Outside, Field & Stream, and The New Yorker. Rinella lives in Bozeman, Montana, with his wife and their three kids.
Clay Newcomb is the host of the top-ranked Bear Grease podcast, part of the MeatEater podcast network. A seventh-generation Arkansan, he is a hunter, naturalist, and chronicler of rural American culture. The former publisher of Bear Hunting magazine, he is currently at work on a book about the history and lore of black bears in North America.
About MeatEater, Inc:
MeatEater, Inc. is an outdoor lifestyle media and commerce company founded by renowned writer and TV/podcast personality Steven Rinella. Host of the long-running TV series MeatEater and The MeatEater Podcast (among the top ten sports podcasts), Rinella has gained wide popularity with hunters, anglers, and others through his passion for outdoor adventure and wild foods, as well as his strong commitment to conservation. With the belief that a deeper understanding of the natural world enriches all of our lives, MeatEater brings together leading influencers in the categories of hunting, fishing, wild foods, and conservation to provide a community of fans with premium content, apparel, equipment, and experiences. MeatEater, Inc. is the parent company of First Lite (technical hunting apparel), FHF Gear (outdoor accessories), Phelps Game Calls, and Dave Smith Decoys. MeatEater’s video content is distributed via Netflix, Outdoor Sportsman Group cable networks, YouTube, its website www.themeateater.com, its own free ad-supported TV (FAST) channel, and numerous ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) platforms including Roku, PlutoTV, Tubi, and Amazon FreeVee. The company is based in Bozeman, MT.
About Penguin Random House Audio:
As the premier publisher in the audiobook industry, Penguin Random House Audio is dedicated to producing top-quality fiction and nonfiction audiobooks written and read by the best in the business, including books by bestselling authors like Brené Brown, James Clear, John Grisham, Ali Hazelwood, Emily Henry, George R. R. Martin, Toni Morrison, Celeste Ng, Colson Whitehead, and Jacqueline Woodson as well as Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton, and First Lady Michelle Obama. Our audiobooks have won 17 GRAMMY® Awards, 104 Audie® Awards, and 26 Odyssey Awards and Honors. Random House Audio, Penguin Audio, Listening Library, and Books on Tape are imprints of the Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
