Charles Jordan’s legacy

[ChesterCopperpot]

Interesting article in the latest issue of Sporting Classics wherein Jim Canada argues pretty convincingly that Edward McIlhenny hijacked and outright plagiarized Charles Jordan's work and did a tremedonous disservice to him and his legacy with the inclusion of the two RW Shufeldt chapters in The Wild Turkey And Its Hunting.



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[Tail Feathers]

Looks like a good read. 

[silvestris]

McIlhenny attributed Jordan's field notes as the source of his book.  Without McIlhenny's book, we probably would not have had Jordan.  That would have been a tragedy for the informed turkey hunter.  I think disservice is a road too far.  Hunters would do themselves a great service by reading McIlhenny 's book and adopting Jordan's methods in hunting the great bird.  I just ignore the Shufeldt chapters.

[ChesterCopperpot]

McIlhenny attributed Jordan's field notes as the source of his book.  Without McIlhenny's book, we probably would not have had Jordan.  That would have been a tragedy for the informed turkey hunter.  I think disservice is a road too far.  Hunters would do themselves a great service by reading McIlhenny 's book and adopting Jordan's methods in hunting the great bird.  I just ignore the Shufeldt chapters.

I've read McIlhenny's book multiple times, and I know what he says in the introduction. What Casada presents here are details I haven't encountered elsewhere. Without McIlhenny's book, you're likely right that Jordan wouldn't be known at the same scale or even known at all. But compiling ideas from field notes and republishing word for word essays that had previously been published are two very different things. Regardless of your feelings, the above essay is worth tracking down. The disservice comes by the inclusion of anything from Shufeldt who Casada points out is someone who'd had a very, very adversarial relationship with Jordan throughout his writing life.


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