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Old 01-07-2023, 09:15 PM
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For guys out there who enjoyed the interpretive programs put on at campgrounds in the parks by wardens and such, Sid Marty is a terrific story teller. Former national park warden in various Alberta Parks.

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Old 01-08-2023, 07:29 AM
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2022 was a big year for reading! Here's my list with BOLD titles being standouts:

How to be a Footballer
The World According to Clarkson
Obsidian (Thomas King)
Three Ring Circus (Lakers)
Buried in the Sky (Zuckerman, Padoan)
And Another Thing (Clarkson)
Full Curl: A Jenny Willson Mystery
Storyteller (Dave Grohl)
No Place for Wolverines (J Willson)
Phil
Hemingway Letters
Game (Grant Hill)
In Rhino We Trust
RJ5 - The Fires of Heaven
Endure - Cam Hanes
Savage Son
Shop Class As Soulcraft
Wish it Lasted Forever (Celtics)
The Devils Hand
Hunting Big Mule Deer
In The Blood
Eastman's Mule Deer
Serpents Rising
Dead Air
Diddly Squat
The Power of the Dog
Bears Without Fear
The Russian Five
Last Song Sung
None So Deadly
The Long Trail - Ian Tyson

2023 has started out good as well. With both titles I got through on vacation being great:
Burke's Law
Pappyland
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Old 01-08-2023, 07:35 AM
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Had a great year reading last year read one book ,Robby Krieger from the doors biography

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Old 01-08-2023, 09:49 AM
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Bannock and Beans, A Cowboy's Account of the Bedaux Expedition, Bob White, 2010, Royal BC Museum, 239 pp, Trade Paper
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Old 01-08-2023, 10:55 AM
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I just read Sid Marty's "The Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creek. good readin

The post above by saskbooknut looks good, Bannock and Beans, I never heard of the Bedaux Xpedition, Think I'll order one.
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I read about a book every two weeks or so. Last one was non-fiction, Running the Amazon by Joe Kane.

Summary from Goodreads: The voyage began in the lunar terrain of the Peruvian Andes, where coca leaf is the only remedy against altitude sickness. It continued down rapids so fierce they could swallow a raft in a split second. It ended six months and 4,200 miles later, where the Amazon runs gently into the Atlantic. Joe Kane's personal account of the first expedition to travel the entirety of the world's longest river is a riveting adventure in the tradition of Joseph Conrad, filled with death-defying encounters: with narco-traffickers and Sendero Luminoso guerrillas and nature at its most unforgiving. Not least of all, Running the Amazon shows a polyglot group of urbanized travelers confronting their wilder selves -- their fear and egotism, selflessness and courage.
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Old 01-09-2023, 08:44 PM
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If you can find a copy of John Palliser's 'Solitary Rambles, and Adventures of a Hunter in the Prairies’ 1853 - it's a great read. This is the same Palliser, of 'The Palliser Expedition - 1857-1860', that surveyed the Canadian West and declared a large swath of southern Saskatchewan and Alberta a 'desert waste-land, not suitable for habitation'. This region is still called 'The Palliser Triangle'.

Solitary Rambles, is a superb book with lots of bison, elk, deer and grizzly hunting, and an interesting perspective of the different native tribes of the times.
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Old 01-10-2023, 06:47 AM
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The Hurtig reprint series has a number of historical hunting and exploring journals. If you like Palliser's Solitary Rambles, I also recommend -
Saskatchewan and the Rocky Mountains, a Diary and Narrative of Travel, Sport and Adventure, during a Journey through the Hudson's Bay Company's Territories in 1859/60 by the Earl of Southesk. (1875) 1969 Hurtig reprint.
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Old 01-14-2023, 07:21 PM
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Just read The immortal Beaver: the worlds greatest bush plane by sean rossiter. It's an aviation history book and highly entertaining.
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Old 01-14-2023, 07:24 PM
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David Goggins
Cameron Hanes
Jocko Willink are a few I have read
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Old 11-27-2023, 11:54 AM
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Just finished "The Dangerous River". The Nahanni back in the 1920's. They just don't come that tough anymore. He even ran with and learned things from the infamous Albert Faille. From the Amazon description.

Written with R. M. Patterson’s characteristic sharp wit and observation, this classic tale chronicles the year he spent battling frigid temperatures and wild waters along the Nahanni River in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Patterson originally travelled to the North with hopes of finding gold, and clues to the mysterious disappearance of earlier prospectors. Instead, he fell in love with the landscape, and through his meticulously recorded journals and hauntingly beautiful photographs he introduced the now-famous Nahanni River to the world. Patterson’s bestselling first book is now back in print and ready to take readers down the treacherous and challenging waters of the Nahanni River once again.
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Did read a couple of books in 2023, here are a few I liked

A couple of Canadian Financial books;
Henry Mah, TSFA Compounder, Salary for Life, and Income Investing Explained.

Derek Foster, Stop Working, The Lazy Investor, and The Worried Boomer

Also
Mauled, Lessons Learned from a Grizzly Bear Attack, by Crosbie Cotton and Jeremy Evens

George Clason, Richest Man in Babylon
Robert Sandford, The Weekender Effect 2
Lion Uris, MILA 18 and Armageddon
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Old 12-31-2023, 09:43 AM
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A buddy in S/W Sask. recommended "Crow Mary" by K Grissom.
Based on a true story about a young Crow woman who marries fur trader Abe Farwell and the Cypress Hills Massacre. I got the wife a copy for Christmas,
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Old 12-31-2023, 03:13 PM
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Did read a couple of books in 2023, here are a few I liked

A couple of Canadian Financial books;
Henry Mah, TSFA Compounder, Salary for Life, and Income Investing Explained.

Derek Foster, Stop Working, The Lazy Investor, and The Worried Boomer

Also
Mauled, Lessons Learned from a Grizzly Bear Attack, by Crosbie Cotton and Jeremy Evens

George Clason, Richest Man in Babylon
Robert Sandford, The Weekender Effect 2
Lion Uris, MILA 18 and Armageddon
Read "Mauled" a good read. Read pretty much every book Leon Uris wrote back in the 70's as they were on my parents shelf along with Michener, Sydney Sheldon, Jeffrey Archer, Wilbur Smith etc. Some great reading.
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A buddy in S/W Sask. recommended "Crow Mary" by K Grissom.
Based on a true story about a young Crow woman who marries fur trader Abe Farwell and the Cypress Hills Massacre. I got the wife a copy for Christmas,
Thanks. On my list. I've found very few good books on Alberta or the Prairie provinces for that matter. Recently read one on Alberta history (can't recall the name) that was pretty low on detail and a lot less than I wanted.
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With 2023 coming to a close - here's my book list for the year. Those in bold being worth a look. Also - Moonraker the book is a great story. The campy 70's movie strays FAR from the book and is almost unwatchable. I really think a true to novel re-telling is in order there.

Burke's Law - Brian Burke
Pappyland
Longmire - Daughter of the Morning Star
RAF Audiobook
Spare - Prince Harry
Wooly
Arctic Adventures
Beyond The Trees
Casino Royale (James Bond)
Matthew Perry Book
Scavengers Guide to Haute Cuisine
Only the Dead
Live and Let Die (James Bond)
Whisper On The Night Wind
Dambusters
Moonraker (James Bond)
Shackleton Biography
Medicine River (Thomas King)
The Game (Ken Dryden)
Testimony - Robbie Robertson
Churchill's Shadow
Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond)
Outer Dark - Cormac McCarthy
Clarkson - For Crying Out Loud
Troutwater
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