author

Charles L. Jordan

d. 1909

Best remembered for a classic early book on wild turkey hunting, this little-known outdoorsman wrote from close observation and years of field experience. His work blends practical hunting knowledge with a strong naturalist's eye, which helps explain why readers still return to it.

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The Wild Turkey and Its Hunting

The Wild Turkey and Its Hunting

by Charles L. Jordan, Edward Avery McIlhenny

About the author

Charles L. Jordan is known today for The Wild Turkey and Its Hunting, a work published in 1914 with Edward Avery McIlhenny and associated in library records with Jordan's death in 1909. The book draws on firsthand experience and detailed study of wild turkeys, and modern editions still present him as one of its central authorities.

Project Gutenberg's summary of the book describes its opening as rooted in Jordan's early experiences in a hunting family in Alabama, where he learned to observe turkeys closely and imitate their calls. That background shows in the book's mix of fieldcraft, behavior notes, and respect for the bird itself.

Some later sources in the turkey-hunting world suggest the book relied heavily on Jordan's notes and expertise and that it appeared only after his death. Clear biographical details beyond his authorship and 1909 death are hard to confirm from reliable public sources, so his surviving reputation rests mainly on this influential contribution to American outdoor writing.