Wild Country

Morrison, R. Bruce (editor)

ISBN 10: 0771078870 / ISBN 13: 9780771078873

Published by McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 2004

About this Item

SUBTITLED : ` The Best of Andy Russell '. These 355 pages are offered up in Six Parts; one sample piece from each section looks like this : ` Why Man Needs Wilderness', `White Sheep of the Arctic', `Return to the Toklat', `There My Stick Floats', `Seppi : a Hunting Dog', and `Learning in the Horse Corral'. UNillustrated. Read more about : caribou, ground squirrels, moose hairs, Continental Divide, and cowboy's bed. In the introduction. Morrison mentions the ranch home on Drywood Creek where Andy's love of the outdoors took root. Cond : Boards are brown with gilt lettering at spine. White end-papers. Portrait of Andy on the cover has him, pipe in hand, wearing a beaded buckskin jacket. Volume in all SENSES crispy, clean, and bright. No names nor marks. Giftable ! ! QUote (p. 29) : " The Maunsell brothers, who established a ranch a few miles up the river from Fort Macleod, wre an enterprising pair of Englishmen. Ted Maunsell, the elder, was the better businessman of the two. Though both were good riders and not afraid of ._._._. . " Size: Octavo.

Seller Inventory # 015553

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wild Country
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, Toronto
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0771078870
• ISBN 13: 9780771078873
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Canadiana

About this title

Synopsis

Canada’s mountain man shares his best wilderness adventure stories

Though Andy Russell has been many things in his life – hunter, trapper, trail guide, wilderness photographer and filmmaker, conservationist, and activist – he is, above all else, a master storyteller. This collection of twenty-four stories, selected and introduced by R. Bruce Morrison, includes Andy’s accounts of growing up on a ranch near the Rocky Mountains; hunting with a rifle, fishing rod, and camera; and encounters with wildlife large and small. He describes the warmth of a campfire shared with loved ones and the feeling of being part of something greater than himself. Andy writes about the animals he has lived and worked with, such as Seppi, his trusty hunting dog; Ace, his courageous trail horse; and Amos, the pack horse with a high I.Q. He also retells the stories of his friends and family, some that will make your hair stand on end, such as the time his father-in-law jumped off a log almost right into a grizzly’s lap or when his son stood eight feet from a grizzly and argued with it until they parted ways… intact. Some of the stories are funny, others are compelling and inspiring. This collection is a testament to over sixty years of living in Canada’s wild places.

About the Author

Andy Russell (left) grew up on a ranch in the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains. He worked as a trapper, cowboy, and ranch hand before becoming a trail guide. His best-selling books include Grizzly Country, Memoirs of a Mountain Man, The Life of a River, and The Canadian Cowboy.

R. Bruce Morrison (right) is a retired professor of anthropology.