Charles Hallock (March 13, 1834 – December 2, 1917) was an American author and publisher born in

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to Gerard Hallock and Elizabeth Allen. On September 10, 1855 he married Amelia J. Wardell. He studied at Yale, 1850–51, and

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. He was assistant editor of the

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, 1854–56; proprietor and associate editor of the '' New York Journal of Commerce'', of which his father was editor, 1856-62. He was founder and publisher, from 1873–80, of '' Forest and Stream'', which was later incorporated into its main competitor '' Field and Stream''. He experimented in

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cultivation, using the seed for oil; in sheep raising on Indian reservations; in establishing a reservation for sportsmen in Minnesota; in the development of Alaska and Florida, and of special industries in North Carolina; and in various other sanitary and economic schemes. He originated the code of uniform game laws and incorporated with Fayette S. Giles and others the first great American game preserve at Blooming Grove, Pike County,

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was named after him.

Works

*''Recluse of the Oconee'' 1854 *''Life of Stonewall Jackson'' 1863 *''The Fishing Tourist'' 187
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*''Camp Life in Florida'' 187
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*''The Sportsman's Gazetteer'' 187
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*''Vacation Rambles in Michigan'' 1877 *''American Club List and Glossary'' 1878
''Our New Alaska''
1886 *''The Salmon Fisher'' 189
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*''Origin of the American indigenes'' 1902 *''Luminous Bodies Here and Hereafter'' 190
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*''An Angler's Reminiscences. A Record of Sport, Travel and Adventure. With Autobiography of the Author'' 191
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References

*“Hallock, Charles” American Authors 1600-1900'', The H. W. Wilson Company, 1938 *Swanson, Gloria. (April 1979
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Retrieved March 21, 2008 *Dyer, Charles N. ''History of the Town of Plainfield, Hampshire County, Mass., From Its Settlement to 1891, Including a Genealogical History of Twenty Three of the Original Settlers and Their Descendants, with Anecdotes and Sketches.'' (p. 154) Northampton, Mass: Press of Gazette Print. Co, 1891
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Accessed March 21, 2008 *Hallock, Charles. ''An Angler's Reminiscences; A Record of Sport, Travel and Adventure, with Autobiography of the Author.'' Cincinnati: Sportsmen's Review Pub. Co, 1913
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Retrieved March 21, 2008

External links

Forest & Streams website
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