This work really shines in those moments when it describes how environment, history, markets, technology, geopolitics and biology come together to enable the few decades of the so-called long hunt. Its pretty solid in that respect, but otherwise caters too much to those interested in anecdotes ("campfire stories") of tough guys hunting, replete with all stereotypical Americana. It is a work aimed at hunters so it also has a lot of details appealing to hunters (I guess) such as about specific guns and how to skin deer and preserve them, which are perhaps less interesting to a general audience. However, even in those moments there are interesting contexts such as that animals gather near mineral water deposits known as 'licks' which means even in the vast expanse of the 'first west', euro-american hunters, indigenous hunters and animals would frequently run in to each other. Will probably also listen to the other parts in the series.