Arnold Smoke Elser, Eva-Maria Maggi

Hush of the Land

A Lifetime in the Bob Marshall Wilderness

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Produktbeschreibung

Hush of the Land chronicles the six-decade quest of backcountry packer and outfitter Smoke Elser to protect wilderness areas not by keeping people away but by leading them deep into the wild mountains of western Montana.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 153mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 315g
• ISBN-13: 9781496231000
• ISBN-10: 1496231007
• Artikelnr.: 67526702

Autorenporträt

Arnold “Smoke” Elser is a professional animal packer and a semi-retired instructor of wilderness outfitting and packing at the University of Montana, from which he received a 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award. Elser’s work as an educator and outfitter has been covered in National Geographic and the PBS documentary Three Miles an Hour. He is the coauthor of Packin’ In on Mules and Horses. Eva-Maria Maggi, PhD, is a writer, social scientist, and packer and teaches courses on wilderness issues at the University of Montana.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Foreword by Tammy Elser
Prologue
1. Starting Out
2. First Trip into the Bob Marshall
3. Early Hunting
4. A Mule, a Train, and the Fight for Wilderness
5. Boy Scouts
6. A Grizzly Ride and the Great Bear
7. Falls Creek and Bitterroot Hunts
8. Teaching the Ropes
9. Mysterious Boxes
10. The Hole in the Wall
11. A Very Fine Pack Trip
12. The Wall
13. The Grizzly Family on Scapegoat Mountain
14. A Shot in the Dark
15. The Horse on Omar Mountain
16. A Dead Man in the Bitterroot
17. Hunters and People Who Hunt
18. The Fastest Fire in the West
19. Sm¿ot
Epilogue
Author’s Note
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index