Nonfiction

[Kit]

I lost the 'favorite authors' thread (or whatever it was called) but this is a good spot and I'd love help to keep this thread alive and visible; hoping it becomes a BOOK LIST to help keep the great THL info highly accessible.
 
  In a varmint-predator forum thread I'd seen this:
 

distress call does work sometimes for deer. A fawn in distress will even bring in bucks on occasion. I've never personally had a buck come in but have heard of it happening.

I recently read The_Gift_of_the_Deer, a true account by Helen Hoover. It was orginally published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1965 and '66. [Actually what I found was a condensed version in the Reader's Digest Condensed Books series (1968). (Browsing Condensed Book spines in thrift stores is a worthwhile past-time.) ]
   
 I found it fascinating and informative. One thing I recall is their observation that bucks will look after orphans. I suppose their paternal herding instincts to be as strong as a mother's maternal instincts.
   
   
 This same condensed book anthology had a section by Dwight D. Eisenhower that was also *great*! It was called AT_EASE:_Stories_I_Tell_to_Friends. It had originally been pub. by Doubleday, 1967.
   
   Blessings
   ~Kit

[Kit]

I lost the 'favorite authors' thread

Found again
   
   was "outdoor writers" or fully titled thread: "outdoor writers, who do you love and who do you love to hate?"
   
   http://thehunterslife.com/forums/showthread.php?t=808
   
   :D
 
 here is the link to the archived version of that very interesting thread (faster loading page but can't reply from that screen)
 
  http://thehunterslife.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-808.html

[Kit]

http://www.powells.com/subsection/OutdoorsWeapons.html
 
  http://www.booktrail.com/
 
  http://www.epinions.com
 
  http://www.booktrail.com/Archery_Bowhunting/ARCHBOWH.asp
 
 ^ I found these book review sites while looking for the bowmaking links Jay has recommended. ~~>> This informative THL thread, which includes Jay's own book recommendations, is at :
   http://thehunterslife.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1138&page=1&pp=10
 
 Here's a booklist by Jay, too:
 http://thehunterslife.com/forums/showthread.php?p=16310#post16310
 
  The books, links and reviews are worthy of note for both history and general interest.

[Kit]

http://www.angelfire.com/art/enchanter/ralph.html
 
 rather graphic, some gory and a bit of the vernacular - military veterans stories
 
 it's called "Saving Lost Knowledge"
 
 If this link is not appropriate for here, please feel free to edit this post out - thanks
 ~Kit

[Kit]

http://www.angelfire.com/ar/jule3/PatrioticPoetry.html
 
 I stumbled upon this "Patriotic Poetry" site tonight & knew it would stir some of your hearts as it did mine... Blessings
 ~Kit

[Kit]

Today at the library I found this:  _HUNTED_A_true_story_of_survival_
     by David Fletcher  (Carroll & Graf, NY, 2002)
     
 David was alone in the Alaskan wilderness and accidentally killed a bear cub in a panic, it says, then was stalked for days on end by the mama bear who weighed 1,200#.
     
     Amazing... I'll read it now...
   
    [UPDATE]
    read it last night, stayed up till it was done.  
   
 Fascinating story, lots of suspense and surprises. It's a very detailed account of this UK climber's visit to Alaska -- without gun or bow -- and, like _The_Gift_Of_The_Deer_ which I have mentioned previously, it gets up-close and personal with an animal which is defying conventional wisdom and stereotypes.
   
 This is one of those stories where "truth is stranger than fiction". Apparently the author lives (as of 2002) in Kingston-upon-Hull. This man is fortunate to have survived not only the Alaskan wilderness and the bear, but also his own self-admitted willful denial of available signs and information.
   
    Sometimes it just ain't your time to go!
   
 In one sense it's a fun book. Many readers like predicting what will happen next and he drops the breadcrumbs to the next event often enough to make his intentional suspense in other situations even more breathtaking. IMHO
   
 He does use cusswords as the pressure increases upon him, but his only mention of God otherwise is "Heaven Help Me!" and similar remarks. A human frailty, I would probably have been swearing too under all that fear --  but I'd have been praying a LOT!  (I don't think the cusswords are necessary at all and for a family read-aloud they'd be easy to skip.)
   
 Interesting read. Survivor stories are my passion. This was from the high school library. I rarely read any book twice but I will on this one.

[Kit]

hunter-gatherer here, adding to this thread from elsewhere in the forum,
 
 

Cache Lake Country is written by John J. Rowlands and illustrated (pen & ink) by Henry B. Kane. Along with the Tranquility series is is one of the most enjoyable books that I have ever read. It is about the rhythm of life in the North Woods...done month by month. I wish I had about 500 of these books to pass out to folks who could use the endless calming effect such a book can have.
   
  Here is a portion of a page out of the book:...
 

to see that page which Jay scanned, look here:
 
 http://thehunterslife.com/forums/showpost.php?p=18957&postcount=5
 
 sounds great, can't wait to get my hands on it!
 Enjoy!
 ~Kit

[Kit]

http://www.uh.edu/engines/
 
 

The Engines of Our Ingenuity is a radio program  that tells the story of how our culture is formed by human creativity.  Written and hosted by John Lienhard,  it is heard nationally on Public Radio and produced by KUHF-FM Houston.  Among other features, this web site houses the transcripts for every episode heard since the show's  inception in 1988.  Streaming audio is available on each of the posted episodes.

http://www.uh.edu/engines/keywords.htm
 
 Keywords for The Engines of Our Ingenuity
 If you use Netscape or Microsoft Internet Explorer, pull down the
 Edit menu and use the Find function to search this file...
 

Excerpts from the keywords searchable list:
 

7 Fokker and the machine gun interrupter mechanism
     [flight, war, WW-1, airplane]
 http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi7.htm
 
 10 The Medieval character of the wild West
     [America, saddle, whiskey, log cabin, cowboy, White]
 http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi10.htm
 
 20 Genetic mutations of wheat and the invention of farming
     [emmer, anthropology, agriculture, genetics, grain, biology, mutation]
 http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi20.htm
 
 "Today, we see how a genetic mutation gave birth to our civilization. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.
 
 To fulfill our destiny as a species of builders and makers, we first had to leave hunting and gathering to take up farming..."
 

ok, that last sounds kinda weird, but I'm sure there is some useful info in there, and it's interesting that hunting and gathering is not only mentioned but mentioned as being squashed... hmmm...  Is it just me -- or isn't farming just another form of 'gathering'?
 
 Well considering that this is NPR stuff, I'm not going to put any guarantee on  these notes even though I've added this to the 'nonfiction' thread.
 
 
 

21 Santos-Dumont, Zeppelin, and the great airships
     [Giffard, dirigible, balloons, flight, airplane]
 http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi21.htm
 
   22 The first American iron production in Saugus, Mass.
     [nails, smelting, mill, forge, wrought iron, Colonial]
 http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi22.htm
 
   23 The light bulb and the vacuum tube
     [Edison effect, Fleming, telegraphy, radio tube]
 http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi23.htm
 
 35 Does war influence technological evolution?  Some surprising facts
     [airplane, speed, production, invention]
 http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi35.htm
 
 42 Our radar warning of the Pearl Harbor attack
     [communications, war, Hulsmeyer]
 http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi42.htm
 
 101 Interchangeable parts
     [design, manufacture, Franklin, Gutenberg, Whitney, guns, Ford]
 http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi101.htm
 
 106 Stability: not always a virtue
     [design, flight, aircraft, mechanics]
 http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi106.htm
 
  108 Trench warfare and the technology of war
     [Tuchman, guns, automatic weapons, Maginot]
 http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi108.htm
 
 117 The Korean "Turtle Boat" -- the first ironclad
     [war, Japan, naval, navy, design]
 http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi117.htm
 
 140 Technological half-truths and technical literacy
     [heat, thermodynamics]
 http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi140.htm
 
 144 Lord Kelvin's miscalculation of the age of the earth
     [Bible, science, heat transfer, Fourier, Darwin, Heaviside]
 http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi144.htm
 
 148 Continuous-aim firing: a diagnosis of an ill-received idea
     [navy, war, design, invention, guns]
 http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi148.htm
 
 163 Numismatics -- coins as a historical record
     [anthropology, money]
 http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi163.htm
 
 1974 Inventing the Air Force, 1911 to 1917
  [Fort Sam Houston, George E. M. Kelley, General William H. Carter, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, Wright biplane, Curtiss Type-IV Pusher, Air Force, Signal Corps, Army Air Service, Pancho Villa, Eugene Goldbeck, panoramic photography]
 http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1974.htm
 

And many, many more!  And -- Jay -- history of woodworking tools, too...
 
 enjoy!
 Blessings
 ~Kit

[Kit]

James Bennett, 76, who lives at Snoqualmie Pass, wrote "The Rohna Disaster: WW II's Secret Tragedy"

This link within our forum has a current events article:
 http://thehunterslife.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3037
 
 excerpt:

The sinking of the Rohna was considered one of the country's most devastating losses during World War II, and for a half-century, it was one of the nation's best-kept secrets.
 
  The day after Thanksgiving in 1943, a converted British cargo ship HMT (His Majesty's Transport) Rohna was on the Mediterranean Sea, off Oran, Algeria, heading toward the Suez Canal, bound for Bombay, India. Most of the 2,000 troops on board were U.S. Army.
 
  Dozens of German bombers attacked the convoy, led by Hans Dochtermann, who put his bomber in position before a comrade launched a guided missile that hit the Rohna's engine room.
 
  It was the world's first "smart bomb," and the U.S. government didn't want the Germans to know the devastation the new weapon had caused, nor did it want to hurt public morale.
 
  Those who survived the cold water and swam to a nearby vessel were told the events of that day were classified. Many veterans died still carrying that secret.
 
  The Rohna tragedy was the second-worst U.S. naval disaster of World War II, after the sinking of the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor.

[Gmoney]

Kit you sound like me.....once I start a good book I do not put it down until it is done.....even if it means no sleep, other stuff I'm putting off, etc......lol......