author
Charles F. A. Hinrichs
A little-known 19th-century writer and publisher, he is remembered today for a compact guide that helped introduce archery rules and equipment to American readers. His surviving work captures a moment when the sport was growing in popularity in the United States.
1 Audiobook
Archery Rules
by Charles F. A. Hinrichs
About the author
Little is firmly documented online about Charles F. A. Hinrichs as a person, but library and public-domain records confirm him as the author of Archery Rules, published in New York in 1870. The work is a short practical handbook on the sport, covering equipment, shooting, and the customs of organized archery.
The book presents archery as an established English pastime that was also becoming popular in America, which makes it an interesting snapshot of the sport's spread in the 19th century. Because so little biographical information is readily confirmed, Hinrichs is best known through this surviving publication rather than through a well-documented life story.
For modern listeners and readers, his appeal lies in that window into an earlier sporting world: concise, direct, and written for enthusiasts eager to learn the rules and style of archery in his day.