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Albert Burton Farnham

b. 1870

Best known for practical early-20th-century guides on taxidermy, tanning, and fur handling, this American how-to writer aimed his books at hunters, trappers, and other outdoor readers who wanted usable skills, not theory.

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Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit

Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit

by Albert Burton Farnham

About the author

Albert Burton Farnham was an American nonfiction writer and taxidermist born in 1870. The surviving catalog records and public-domain editions available online identify him most clearly through a group of practical manuals rather than through a well-documented personal biography.

His best-known work is Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit, a hands-on guide written for everyday outdoor enthusiasts. Other books linked to him include Home Manufacture of Furs and Skins and Home Tanning and Leather Making Guide, which show the same focus on clear instruction in taxidermy, tanning, dressing skins, and related craft work.

Much of Farnham's work was published by A. R. Harding of Columbus, Ohio, a publisher known for outdoor and fur-trade manuals. Reliable biographical details beyond his birth year are hard to confirm from the sources found, but his books have remained in circulation through libraries, reprints, and Project Gutenberg, giving modern readers a window into older American traditions of field craft and home workshop skills.