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Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
For most hunters in North America, taking a bear is incidental to hunting deer. For others, however, challenging a big bruin on its own turf is the purpose of their hunt and may become an obsession. Whether it involves hunting the wary black bear in Maine over bait, chasing a clever black bear trying to avoid a pack of hounds in the Rocky Mountains, sneaking up with a bow on a huge grizzly, placing the crosshairs on a massive brown bear as it exits...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Get to know incredible pups from all over the world in these 30 fur-raising stories. Daring Dogs will take you into the lives of amazing historical hounds, including science superstars like Laika, the first doggy cosmonaut, and war heroes like Smoky, a four-pound WWII veteran.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021].
Description
"The scent of one freshly unearthed white truffle in Barolo was all it took to lead Rowan Jacobsen down a rabbit hole into a world of secretive hunts, misty woods, black-market deals, obsessive chefs, quixotic scientists, muddy dogs, maddening smells, and some of the most memorable meals ever created. Truffles attract dreamers, schemers, and sensualists. People spend years training dogs to find them underground. They plant forests of oaks and wait...
Pub. Date
1998.
Description
An anthology of popular North American stories that have become part of the folklore of the North America. This book's contents range from Native American love stories to Davy Crockett's account of killing a bear with a knife, from Brer Rabbit's mischief to Johnny Appleseed's good deeds, from hilarious yarns about mosquitoes to eerie encounters with the devil.
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
This book is a celebration of the voices that make up American. Ranging from Native American love stories to Davy Crockett's account of killing a bear with a knife, from Brer Rabbit's mischief to Johnny Appleseed's good deeds, from halarious yarns about killer mosquitoes to eerie encounters with the devil.