Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction It’s Our Job, a Job for All of Us 1
5. Chapter One Life Was Sure Rugged 13
6. Chapter Two Economic Efficie ncy of Forest Management 33
7. Chapter Three Ultimately to Perfect the Scene 45
8. Chapter Four Trappers Lake, Cradle of Wilderness 59
9. Chapter Five Plans Must Be Big and Bold 81
10. Chapter Six My Dis appointment Comes from Expecting Too Much 107
11. Chapter Seven Hog Wild on Recreation 129
12. Chapter Eight That Threadbare Theory “Leave Na ture Alone” 139
13. Chapter Nine A Good Bad Book 155
14. Chapter Ten I Am Going to Write a Wolf Book 169
15. Chapter Eleven Oh, for Another TR 189
16. Chapter Twelve Getting toward Half a Century 205
17. Chapter Thirteen A Perverse Habit of Calling the Sh ots in Any Di rection 223
18. Chapter Fourteen An Old Buck, Always Off the Reservation and Hunting Lonely 243
19. Conclusion Now a Well-Known Conservation Giant 265
20. Bibliography 271
21. Partial Carhart Bibliography 279
22. Index 283