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Author Jackson, Donald C., 1951-

Title Tracks / Donald C. Jackson
Published Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 279 pages) : illustrations
Contents Wilderness before dawn -- To kill a bear -- Afterglow -- Infected by old river chute -- Bruins of the White River bottoms -- Jungle gold -- Swamp slogging -- Wild pond woodies -- Connections of a feathery sort -- Heritage -- Ptarmigan on Eagle Summit -- Deeper currents -- The Ivishak bull -- Winds -- A deer hunter's journal -- Baking the bread of life -- Overture to christening a magic wand -- Reunion -- Tara's treasures -- Sacred places -- Sirens' call -- Before the fire -- Sacraments
Summary Tracks is a pilgrimage into the wild, beautiful, and lonely places around us. Donald C. Jackson, a professor in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries at Mississippi State University, invites the reader to share the trail with him and discover connections to different vistas not only in the South but also in distant lands and on exotic waters. Through the many stories of this avid hunter, fisher, and trapper, Tracks travels into the swamps and wetlands, hills and tundra, forests and jungles, and on rivers, ponds, tropical lagoons, and the sea. Frog gigging adventures reveal the magic of summ
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Subject Jackson, Donald C., 1951-
SUBJECT Jackson, Donald C., 1951- fast (OCoLC)fst01463591
Subject Hunting -- Southern States -- Anecdotes
Hunting -- Alaska -- Anecdotes
Nature -- Psychological aspects
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Hunting.
NATURE -- Essays.
Hunting.
Nature -- Psychological aspects.
Alaska.
Southern States.
Genre/Form Anecdotes.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781604731538
1604731532