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10) Wyoming wife
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In this story of "one home-and-hearth-loving woman's initiation into the rugged hunting, fishing, camping-out life so dear to her husband ... [the author tells how] her marriage to wildlife expert and devoted outdoorsman ... exploded her out of the nice warm indoors life she knew, into the fields and streams--and blizzards--of the remote Jackson Hole country of Wyoming." Publisher's note.
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Clear instructions, extensive use of diagrams, and a full color photo supplement detail all the practical skills and knowledge essential for surviving and enjoying the wilderness. Includes basic instructions for lighting and maintaining a fire, chopping wood and felling trees, creating a warm shelter, using knives and axes safely, finding plants and animals important for survival, cooking in the outdoors, and making tools, ropes, baskets, and more...
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"Mountain Man Skills is a fascinating, practical guide to the skills that have made the mountain men famous worldwide as outdoorsmen and craftsmen. Readers can replicate outdoor living by trying their hand at making rafts and canoes, constructing tools, and living off the land." --Back cover.
14) Alaska
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Often compared to Garrison Keillor and Mark Twain, Patrick F. McManus maintains just the right balance between baffled innocence and conspiratorial confidence. Since 1979, this humorist has been delighting readers with hilarious stories recounting his childhood in rural Idaho and relating his misadventures in the great outdoors. Whether you're a sportsman or a couch potato, he will have you laughing out loud at his escapades. In this collection of...