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Hush of the Land : A Lifetime in the Bob Marshall Wilderness / Arnold "Smoke" Elser, with Eva-Maria Maggi, foreword by Tammy Elser.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elser, Smoke, author.
- Maggi, Eva-Maria, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Outfitters (Outdoor recreation)--Montana--Bob Marshall Wilderness--Biography.
- Outfitters (Outdoor recreation).
- Forest guides (Persons)--Montana--Bob Marshall Wilderness--Biography.
- Forest guides (Persons).
- Packhorse camping--Montana--Bob Marshall Wilderness.
- Packhorse camping.
- Bob Marshall Wilderness (Mont.)--Biography.
- Bob Marshall Wilderness (Mont.).
- Bob Marshall Wilderness (Mont.)--Description and travel.
- Bob Marshall Wilderness (Mont.)--History.
- Missoula (Mont.)--Biography.
- Missoula (Mont.).
- Elser, Smoke.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- 2024.
- Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- Hush of the Land chronicles the six-decade quest of backcountry packer and outfitter Smoke Elser to protect wilderness areas not by keeping people away but by leading them deep into the wild mountains of western Montana.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Foreword
- Prologue
- 1. Starting Out
- 2. First Trip into the Bob Marshall
- 3. Early Hunting
- 4. A Mule, a Train, and the Fight for Wilderness
- 5. Boy Scouts
- 6. A Grizzly Ride and the Great Bear
- 7. Falls Creek and Bitterroot Hunts
- 8. Teaching the Ropes
- 9. Mysterious Boxes
- 10. The Hole in the Wall
- 11. A Very Fine Pack Trip
- 12. The Wall
- 13. The Grizzly Family on Scapegoat Mountain
- 14. A Shot in the Dark
- 15. The Horse on Omar Mountain
- 16. A Dead Man in the Bitterroot
- 17. Hunters and People Who Hunt
- 18. The Fastest Fire in the West
- 19. Smʔot
- Epilogue
- Author's Note
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781496238443
- 1496238443
- 9781496238436
- 1496238435
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