The Well Read Outdoorsman

[1_pointer]

One Man's Wilderness by Warren Page. Chronicles his hunts all over the globe. Very good read.

I'll second the Joe Pickett series.

One I've heard of, but haven't been able to find a copy of for a price I'll pay is Yukon Trophies Won and Lost.

Mule Deer Quest by Walt Prothero is a very good read as well.

 

[mtlion]

I almost forgot what could potentially be one of my favorite authors, Jack London. A very prolific writer that goes way beyond White Fang and Call of the Wild. One of my favorite books by London is called Martin Eden...Never met anybody who's read it...Anyone out there ever read that?

 

[j.stanley]

Kingdom Under Glass: A Tale of Obsession, Adventure, and One Man's Quest to Preserve the World's Great Animals
In this epic account of an extraordinary life lived during remarkable times, Jay Kirk follows the adventures of legendary explorer and taxidermist Carl Akeley, who revolutionized taxidermy and environmental conservation and created the famed African Hall at New York’s Museum of Natural History. Akeley risked death time and again in the jungles of Africa as he stalked animals for his dioramas and hobnobbed with outsized personalities of the era, such as Theodore Roosevelt and P. T. Barnum. Kingdom Under Glass is "a rollicking biography…an epic adventure…[and] a beguiling novelistic portrait of a man and an era straining to hear the call of the wild" (Publishers Weekly).

 

[noharleyyet]

Louis L'Amour, "Last of the Breed"...not a western.
Tom Clancy's early works
John Updike's 'Rabbit'' novels.
Thomas McGuane
Dragon Tattoo Trilogy, Stieg Larsson

 

[Oak]

One I've heard of, but haven't been able to find a copy of for a price I'll pay is Yukon Trophies Won and Lost.

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http://www.outdoorsdirectory.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=1_2&products_id=115

 

[WV Hunter]

I almost forgot what could potentially be one of my favorite authors, Jack London. A very prolific writer that goes way beyond White Fang and Call of the Wild. One of my favorite books by London is called Martin Eden...Never met anybody who's read it...Anyone out there ever read that?

Haven't read it but when I was a kid I really liked Call of the Wild. A couple of months back I reread it. I did a little reading on Jack London as well. Very interesting guy but I was a bit saddened to read that he was a die hard socialist.

 

[texrope]

+3 on Joe Pickett series as well as the other C J Box books.

 

[BigHornRam]

Lochsa Story- Bud Moore
Big Sky- A B Guthrie
Indian Creek Chronicles-Peter Fromm

 

[mtlion]

Haven't read it but when I was a kid I really liked Call of the Wild. A couple of months back I reread it. I did a little reading on Jack London as well. Very interesting guy but I was a bit saddened to read that he was a die hard socialist.

Martin Eden is a fictionalized autobiography. The story is loosely based on London's life experiences, his writing and alcoholism. A socialist he was, but a very smart man and an excellent writer.

 

[ERSS]

Fairly new book/author that I enjoyed: The Moose Jaw by Mike Delaney. Only 0.99 cents on kindle and a good fictional read. Second book was not as good, but not bad.

 

[WV Hunter]

Martin Eden is a fictionalized autobiography. The story is loosely based on London's life experiences, his writing and alcoholism. A socialist he was, but a very smart man and an excellent writer.

You probably already know a lot of the stuff in this article and I'm trusting it is true.

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2013/03/25/the-life-of-jack-london-as-a-case-study-in-thumos-1-introduction/

 

[1_pointer]

http://www.outdoorsdirectory.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=1_2&products_id=115

Muchas grassyass! I didn't realize it had been reprinted. Originals are pricey!

 

[noharleyyet]

You probably already know a lot of the stuff in this article and I'm trusting it is true.

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2013/03/25/the-life-of-jack-london-as-a-case-study-in-thumos-1-introduction/

Interesting read..I'm thinking 40 was just about the life expectancy of his life era. 1876-1916

Much thumos flogged here occassionally.

 

[2rocky]

You probably already know a lot of the stuff in this article and I'm trusting it is true.

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2013/03/25/the-life-of-jack-london-as-a-case-study-in-thumos-1-introduction/

This is a very intriguing article. Jack London's Home is "just over the ridge" . His most memorable short story to me was "To build a fire"

 

[mtlion]

You probably already know a lot of the stuff in this article and I'm trusting it is true.

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2013/03/25/the-life-of-jack-london-as-a-case-study-in-thumos-1-introduction/

A very long and interesting read, what a fascinating life he led.

60 cigarettes and 2 raw ducks a day and he died at 40...no kidding?

 

[RobG]

This is a very intriguing article. Jack London's Home is "just over the ridge" . His most memorable short story to me was "To build a fire"

I hadn't read TBAF in at least 30 years but I think of it often like Old Man and the Sea, Where the Red Fern Grows, etc. Glad to finally read it again.

 

[JMG]

One of my favorite books is the "Devil at my Heels" by Louis Zamperini and David Rensin. This book is Zamperini's personal history of his astonishing story to survive as a Japanese POW in WWII.

The book I am currently reading (and is very good) is "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett.

 

[WV Hunter]

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   His most memorable short story to me was "To build a fire"

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   Thanks for the link. I hadn't read that one, excellent story

 

[noharleyyet]

There is an excellent short film adaptation of 'To Build a Fire'.

 

[Corax]

Bernard Devoto's Across the Wide Missouri and 4 seasons of OYOA come to mind first.