MISSISSIPPI BEAR HUNTER HOLT COLLIER: Guiding Teddy Roosevelt and a Lifetime of Adventure

Born enslaved in the Mississippi Delta in 1847, Holt Collier was taught to hunt at an early age, killing his first bear at age 10, the first of 3,000 bears he killed during his lifetime. By the turn of the century, he's become such a legendary hunter he was tapped to lead Teddy Roosevelt on a hunt that gave birth to the "Teddy Bear." Illus.