Biographical Memoirs of a Game Warden, a blow so fowl, back house boogy, noisy ants, 99cc buffalo, bats in the belfry, bear spectator, fish falls and frost, WW2 dragon flies, eight legs and a tongue, furry night torments, a pig a girdle and a flag pole, happy horse flies, fur in your sunrise, evidence in water, talons fish and bears.

A boat chase. Flying lead in court. Out of control aircraft. A sting. Ticklish fish. Flaming nostrils. Bears after dark. A human anchor. Snared bear. Cantankerous hunters. Obnoxious hunters. Devilment and chicanery. True stories from the 32 year career of a Game Warden.

This is a collection of stories, and as the title indicates is from the Arctic to the Alpine. All written in the same genre as the previous three books. Because it wouldn't fit on the cover it doesn't say anything about New Orleans or misguided escapades in Calgary. These stories are definitely one of a kind. All factual and humorous. Chuck and Jean live south of Rocky Mountain House in their retirement home. Apparently there will be more stories but he's not sure about what or when!!!

If you want an insight into the fascinating world of a Fish and Wildlife Officer in Alberta from the Sixties to the Nineties this book is for you. Chuck was no ordinary run of the mill game warden. Endowed, others might say cursed, with an outrageous sense of humor, his take on events was always unique, thoughtful and full of fun. This unique perspective on life is evident in this 30 story book.

The view 16-year-old Thomas Osborne first had of Muskoka was at night, trudging alone with his even younger brother along unmarked primitive roads to find their luckless father who, in 1875, had decided to make a new start for his beleaguered family on some "free land" in the bush east of the pioneer village of Huntsville, Ontario. The miracle is that Thomas lived to tell the tale.For the next five years Thomas endured starvation, falling through the ice and freezing, accidents wit...

This book is a celebration of life. Its astonishing view is from the perspective of someone living a simple, isolated life in the Rocky Mountains as a mountain man. Sylvan Ambrose Hart was born in the Oklahoma Territory in 1906. In the 1930's, while still a young man, he walked into the Rocky Mountains and designed a unique life for himself in the wilds - hunting, fishing, trapping, panning gold, crafting his own tools, weapons, shelter, and clothes. For almost fifty years he lived the lif...

You've watched him battle the odds on History's Ice Road Truckers. Now read Hugh "The Polar Bear" Roland's own storm-by-storm account of surviving and conquering the infamous ice roads of the Arctic. Join Hugh in the front seat of his truck as he shares his most chilling, adrenaline-fueled tales of the world's most dangerous job.Every year, a fleet of truckers travels beyond the northern equatorial line to the Arctic Circle, battling subzero temperatures and perilous condi...

A motley crew of saboteurs wreaks havoc on the corporations destroying America's Western wilderness in this "wildly funny, infinitely wise" classic ( The Houston Chronicle ).When George Washington Hayduke III returns home from war in the jungles of Southeast Asia, he finds the unspoiled West he once knew has been transformed. The pristine lands and waterways are being strip mined, dammed up, and paved over by greedy govern...

Guess what -- Gary Paulsen was being kind to Brian. In Guts, Gary tells the real stories behind the Brian books, the stories of the adventures that inspired him to write Brian Robeson's story: working as an emergency volunteer; the death that inspired the pilot's death in Hatchet; plane crashes he has seen and near-misses of his own. He describes how he made his own bows and arrows, and takes readers on his first hunting trips, showing the wonder and solace of nature alon...

This “elegiac tribute to the elusive art and ineffable pleasure of fly-fishing” (Kirkus Reviews) shows us why life’s most valuable lessons—and some of its best experiences—are found while fly-fishing.For John Gierach, “the master of fly-fishing” (Sacramento Bee), fishing is always the answer—even when it’s not clear what the question is. In All Fishermen Are Liars, Gierach travels around North America seeking out quintessential fishing ex...

A hilarious collection of essays dedicated to life in the great outdoors from Field & Stream's acclaimed Sportsman's Life columnist.For nearly a decade, Bill Heavey, an outdoorsman marooned in suburbia, has written the Sportsman's Life column on the back page of Field & Stream, where he does for hunting and fishing what David Feherty does for golf and Lewis Grizzard did for the South. If You Didn't Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat? is the...

The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories is a hilarious addition to Patrick F. McManus’s existing work in humor. The author weighs in on his childhood, everyday life, and outdoor tales with his typical exaggerated commentary that will elicit a belly laugh from all types of readers.Read about the antics of Patrick’s friends Rancid Crabtree and Retch Sweeney in such stories as “Shaping Up for the Hunt” and “Bear Hunters.” McManus plays off the recent obsession with hoarders i...