Tracks / / Donald C. Jackson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781833903321
• Autore: Jackson Donald C. <1951->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Jackson : , : University Press of Mississippi, , 2006
• ISBN: 1-282-48507-5; 9786612485077; 1-60473-153-2
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vi, 279 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 799.2975
• Soggetti: Hunting - Southern States; Hunting - Alaska; Nature - Psychological aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.