Trails of a Wilderness Wanderer: True Stories from the Western Frontier
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From his boyhood days through his adulthood as a trapper guide naturalist and outdoorsman Andy Russell lived a lifestyle that would be near-impossible today. Growing up in the Northern Rockies in a "land of boots and saddles guns and fishing rods and the smell of pines and grass " he observed the ways of animals wild and tame braved rugged mountaintops and freezing rivers. He forged friendships with the local Indians and with the "remittance men " second sons of British aristocracy who left their stamp on the new country with ready cash and a zest for high living. Here are thrilling and humorous tales of breaking horses hunting bears and living proud and free told in a naturally eloquent voice. (51/2 X 81/4 320 pages b&w photos)
