The Last River Rat: Kenny Salwey's Life in the Wild

by BESTUL J. SCOTT

• ISBN13: 9780896584570
• ISBN10: 0896584577
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Summary

The Last River Rat is a seasonal look at Kenny Salwey's unique life as a river rat.

Author Biography

Kenny Salwey is known as the Woodsman of the Mississippi Backwaters--he's a hunter, trapper, outdoor guide, and self-sufficient woodsman. He's a Mississippi river guide for hunting, fishing and nature watching; a storyteller; a workshop instructor on environmental education, and a keynote speaker Scott Bestul is an editor of Field and Stream

Table of Contents

Introduction: Of River Rats and the Big River	p. 7
April - River Rat Almanac	p. 21
The New Year Begins in the Three Camps	p. 22
Rat Tale: Big Boy and Beauty	p. 35
May - River Rat Almanac	p. 41
Trout Fishing and Morel Picking	p. 42
Rat Tale: That Black, Boot-Sucking, Mississippi Mud	p. 56
June - River Rat Almanac	p. 63
The Snake Hunters	p. 64
Rat Tale: Frog Tears and Rabbit Coffee	p. 76
July - River Rat Almanac	p. 85
To Catch a Cat	p. 86
Rat Tale: Passing the Flame: The Marsh Shack	p. 98
August - River Rat Almanac	p. 103
Walking Sticks and Woodslore	p. 104
Rat Tale: Tent Camp and the Bad Bees	p. 116
September - River Rat Almanac	p. 123
Ginseng Digging	p. 124
Rat Tale: Where Am I?	p. 136
October - River Rat Almanac	p. 143
Duck Hunting and Duck-Hunting Dogs	p. 144
Rat Tale: Old Spook and the Last Duck Hunt	p. 155
November - River Rat Almanac	p. 163
Hunting the "Wet-Tail" Deer	p. 164
Rat Tale: Monarch of the Swamp	p. 177
December - River Rat Almanac	p. 185
Making Meat	p. 186
Rat Tale: Making Wood	p. 197
January - River Rat Almanac	p. 207
Winter Trapping	p. 208
Rat Tale: The Grandmother Tree	p. 217
February - River Rat Almanac	p. 221
Fur Processing	p. 222
Rat Tale: Beaver Lodge Fracas	p. 235
March - River Rat Almanac	p. 239
An Affinity for Turtles	p. 240
Rat Tale: Life Along the Big River	p. 254
About the Authors	p. 256
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