author
A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
1871–1930
Best known for practical books on trapping, hunting, and fur farming, this early outdoor writer helped turn frontier know-how into popular reading. He also built a publishing and magazine business that spoke directly to trappers, hunters, and other working outdoorsmen.
7 Audiobooks
Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps
by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc.
by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants A Book of Valuable Information for Growers as Well as Collectors of Medicinal Roots, Barks, Leaves, Etc.
by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
Steel Traps Describes the Various Makes and Tells How to Use Them, Also Chapters on Care of Pelts, Etc.
by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
Mink Trapping: A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping A Valuable Book for Trappers.
by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
Wolf and Coyote Trapping: An Up-to-Date Wolf Hunter's Guide Giving the Most Successful Methods of Experienced "Wolfers" for Hunting and Trapping These Animals, Also Gives Their Habits in Detail.
by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
Fox Trapping: A Book of Instruction Telling How to Trap, Snare, Poison and Shoot A Valuable Book for Trappers
by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
About the author
An American outdoorsman, editor, and publisher, Arthur Robert Harding was born in July 1871 and became widely known as A. R. Harding. He founded Hunter-Trader-Trapper and Fur-Fish-Game magazines, giving readers a national forum for advice, stories, and trade information connected to life outdoors.
Harding also wrote many how-to books in the early 1900s on subjects such as trapping, fur farming, hunting, and medicinal plants. His work was practical and direct, aimed at readers who wanted usable instruction rather than literary flourish, which helps explain why his books remained in circulation long after their first publication.
His publishing company operated out of Columbus, Ohio, and St. Louis, Missouri. Harding died in 1930, but his name remained closely tied to a particular strain of American outdoor writing: hands-on, entrepreneurial, and shaped by the working knowledge of trappers and hunters.