Life and Death in the North Woods: The Story of the Maine Game Warden Service

Life and Death in the North Woods: The Story of the Maine Game Warden Service

by Eric Wight
Life and Death in the North Woods: The Story of the Maine Game Warden Service

Life and Death in the North Woods: The Story of the Maine Game Warden Service

by Eric Wight

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Overview

Being a game warden in Maine is not just a job, it’s a way of life. This honest and entertaining book by a twenty-two-year veteran of the service tells the story of America’s oldest game warden service. The stories told cover the risks wardens face dealing with poachers, rogue wildlife, and the elements, as well as the drama that surrounds every search and rescue operation.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781608933327
Publisher: Down East Books
Publication date: 11/07/2014
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 240
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

About The Author
Sergeant Eric Wight was a Maine game warden for twenty-two years. Now retired, he lives in Bethel, Maine.

Table of Contents

Introduction Rob Sneddon 9

1 Who Are Those Guys? 21

2 Warden School 39

3 Night Hunters and Falls 43

4 The Boundary 55

5 Lost Persons and Searches 67

6 Katahdin 85

7 Rescue 103

8 Always the Danger 127

9 Those We Lost 133

10 Aircraft 137

11 The Wardens' Wives 155

12 All in a Day's Work-at Night 163

13 The Animals 173

14 Always a Chuckle 195

15 Season to Season 213

16 So You Want to Be a Game Warden 221

Appendix: Honor Roll 237

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