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Any must reads? #7182563
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I’ve been reading quite a few books in the dark and cold months. Are there any must read trapline stories, exploration or survival type things that people would be willing to recommend?

Re: Any must reads? [Re: rvsask] #7182574
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Death in the long grass,by Peter Capstick


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Re: Any must reads? [Re: rvsask] #7182579
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Two books I've enjoyed reading, and rereading, over the years are Alaska's Wolf Man, about trapper/hunter Frank Glaser, and Shadows on the Koyukuk, autobiography of Sidney Huntington. Both are nonfiction. When the weather is bitterest cold, I enjoy rereading Robert Service's Cremation of Sam McGee and Jack London's To Build a Fire, both shorter fiction works.

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Across the Wide Missouri by Bernard DeVoto

A Tough Trip through Paradise by Andrew Garcia

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

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The Bible

The Declaration of Independence

The Constitution of the United States

The Federalist Papers


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Re: Any must reads? [Re: rvsask] #7182697
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Read the warrior muskrat in the Pen and Quill section of this site.


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Osbourne russells journal. I don't remember the title, but if you Google it I'm sure you can find it. It's the best mountain man book I've read.

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Originally Posted by Jackdale
Osbourne russells journal. I don't remember the title, but if you Google it I'm sure you can find it. It's the best mountain man book I've read.




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"My Life as an Indian" by James Willard Schultz.

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Into the wild

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Canadian content
The Unbeatable Breed by Bob Lowery
18 chapters about some of the people of the North at the turn of the century
another is
Churchill on Hudson Bay by Angus & Bernice MaCiver
must read for HBC historians

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I just finished Killing Crazy Horse by Bill O’reilly. If you like American history I highly recommend it, and all his books

Re: Any must reads? [Re: Jasper69] #7182854
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Originally Posted by Jasper69
"My Life as an Indian" by James Willard Schultz.



Also excellent. :thumbs-up

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50 years a hunter and trapper by Woodcock
Staying Alive in Alaska's Wilds by Andy Nault


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Buy a soldiers meal EVERY chance you can.

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Thanks for the recommendations thus far. I looked into the titles I have not yet read and will be ordering some of them.
I’ll toss out a few recent reads for anyone interested.
Epic Wanderer -early exploration, fur trade, colonialism
Alone against the north- modern day exploration
81 Days below zero- Alaskan survival story

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Endurance by Alfred Lansing. Subtitled Shakleton's Incredible Voyage. It was published in 1959 and is long out of print but can be found at online bookstore such as ABE Books where I buy almost all my books. I got a first edition in good condition there for less than $10.00 including shipping.

It's a non-fiction about the Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1915 and describes the incredible hardships and adversities endured by the expedition members.

It was recommended to me by a Tman member, I think it was White17 but not certain. I wasn't disappointed and don't think you will be either.


Eh...wot?

Re: Any must reads? [Re: Marty B] #7183043
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Originally Posted by Marty B
Originally Posted by Jackdale
Osbourne russells journal. I don't remember the title, but if you Google it I'm sure you can find it. It's the best mountain man book I've read.




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Yup, good one.

Re: Any must reads? [Re: rvsask] #7183083
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The Wilderness Hunter by Theodore Roosevelt

Big Game Hunter; Carl Akeley by Felix Sutton (out of print but can be found used on Amazon and Ebay)

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Arctic Daughter: A Wilderness Journey, by Jean Aspen is a good one. It follows the journey of a woman and her future husband from Arizona into the Brooks Range of Alaska She uses her mothers journal and notes and follows in the footsteps of her parents that were also Alaskan Adventurers.

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Here's two I can add...


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Marlin fishing is intrinsically, almost compulsorily, a team sport, one that requires a boat captain, mate, and fishing crew for the 16 million deep-sea anglers in America. But Carlos Bentos has won dozens of billfish competitions-working completely alone. In fair weather and foul, he single-handedly maneuvers his boat for twelve, fourteen, sixteen hours a day, days at a stretch, at the same time spotting, landing, and releasing unharmed marlin weighing hundreds of pounds.

How does he do it? And why? In A Crew of One, Bentos describes what compels him to troll solo a hundred miles offshore hoping for the strike of the fish called "the apex of deep-sea fishing." Through one man's extraordinary experiences of solitary adventuring, this oceanic A River Runs Through It offers a new way of looking at fishing, at self-reliance, and at the mystique of being alone at sea.



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