My Spirit Moose

Should hunting be encouraged or discouraged? Does growing urbanization -and our subsequent loss of contact with the natural world negatively affect our health, happiness and behaviour? Is it possible that initiating youth to hunting might alleviate some of society's ills? Combining his personal experiences and stories, along with his research, Gibbins says yes to these questions, and with the style of a natural-born storyteller treats the reader to his reasons why. Life is, in its very essence and character, a terrible mystery - the whole business of living by killing and eating. But it is a childish attitude to say no to life with all its pain, to say that this is something that should not have been. -Joseph Campbell Pre-eminent, Professor, Writer and Scholar.

Ralph Gibbins was born in a small town in a rural area in Northern Ontario. He left there when he was 18 to attend Ryerson Institute of Technology in Toronto, and graduated in 1951. He retired after working 39 years for General Electric and Honeywell in various technical and management assignments that took him to every province in Canada and several other countries He is an avid sportsman and reader who enjoys investigating ideas for enhancing health, and happiness.