Ridge runner : the story of a Maine woodsman / Gerald Averill ; illustrated by Peter Stanziale.
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TextPublisher: Thorndike, Me. : Thorndike Press, [1979] c1948Description: 224 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: 0896210316; 9780896210318; 0896210308 ; 9780896210301 Subject(s): Averill, Gerald, 1896- | Authors, American -- Maine | Game wardens -- Maine -- Biography | Forests and forestry -- Maine | Wildlife management -- Maine | Game wardens -- Maine -- Biography | Maine -- Description and travel | Maine -- Biography | Maine -- Social life and customsDDC classification: 974.1 | B LOC classification: SK354.A93 | A37 1979Summary: Gerard Averill began his career as a woods clerk for the Great Northern Paper Company. During the twelve years spent working in the big logging camps, on the drives, hunting and cruising on foot, he learned ma things about the woods and won a reputation as a crack pistol and rifle shot. He spent two years in the Army during World War I and then a short time as a salesman for the Western Cartridge Company. But his first love remained for the great outdoors and after a few years he returned to the woods as a warden for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game. He remained as a warden until his death in 1946 shortly after the manuscript for this book was completed. He contributed stories to may national magazines, but Ridge Runner is his only book.
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| 974.1 ALBE Histoire du Madawaska | 974.1 AMER Maine : | 974.1 ARSE Mill town : reckoning with what remains / | 974.1 AVER Ridge runner : the story of a Maine woodsman / | 974.1 BACH Lighthouses of Casco Bay | 974.1 BEAR Maine's historic places : properties on the National Register of Historic Places / | 974.1 BECK The folklore of Maine / |
Autobiography.
Reprint of the ed. published by Lippincott, Philadelphia.
Gerard Averill began his career as a woods clerk for the Great Northern Paper Company. During the twelve years spent working in the big logging camps, on the drives, hunting and cruising on foot, he learned ma things about the woods and won a reputation as a crack pistol and rifle shot. He spent two years in the Army during World War I and then a short time as a salesman for the Western Cartridge Company. But his first love remained for the great outdoors and after a few years he returned to the woods as a warden for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game. He remained as a warden until his death in 1946 shortly after the manuscript for this book was completed. He contributed stories to may national magazines, but Ridge Runner is his only book.
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