Never Cry Halibut: and Other Alaska Hunting and Fishing Tales
By Dr JohnFrom the sharp, comic voice of Haunted Inside Passage, Never Cry Halibut is a collection of humorous and thoughtful short essays about hunting and fishing in Alaska. Accompanied by photographs, each story reflects the author's three-decade relationship with the wildest places left in North America as he interacts with brown bears, wolves, wilderness, commercial fishing, and the nearly forgotten act of harvesting food from the wild. From hilarious tales of his nieces outfishing him to reflective ruminations on the human connection to nature, Bjorn captures the liveliness that comes from living so close to the Southeast Alaska wilds. Chapter 1
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From the sharp, comic voice of Haunted Inside Passage, Never Cry Halibut is a collection of humorous and thoughtful short essays about hunting and fishing in Alaska. Accompanied by photographs, each story reflects the author's three-decade relationship with the wildest places left in North America as he interacts with brown bears, wolves, wilderness, commercial fishing, and the nearly forgotten act of harvesting food from the wild. From hilarious tales of his nieces outfishing him to reflective ruminations on the human connection to nature, Bjorn captures the liveliness that comes from living so close to the Southeast Alaska wilds. Chapter 1: Blacktails and Brown Bears Chapter 2: Sooty Obsession Chapter 3: The First Deer Chapter 4: My Best Trophy Chapter 5: Fish Terrors Chapter 6: Mountain of Memories Chapter 7: Return of the Prodigal Fisherman Chapter 8: Meat Hunter's Creed Chapter 9: Never Cry Halibut Chapter 10: Fishematics Chapter 11: High Country Blacktails of Admiralty Chapter 12: Dear Nutrition.gov, Please Sponsor My Alaskan Diet Plan Chapter 13: Goat Obsession Chapter 14: Forty Mile Caribou Chapter 15: A Bloody Business but a Good Life Chapter 16: A Good Weight to Carry Chapter 17: Fishiction Chapter 18: Monarch Chapter 19: Dear Patagonia: Please Hire Me as a Fashion Designer Chapter 20: The Return of the Prodigal Fisherman Chapter 21: Adak Chapter 22: The Constant Fishing Syndrome Chapter 23: Deerslayer Chapter 24: A Few Hours of Pain for a Winter of Good Eats Chapter 25: Bird Dog Chapter 26: The Fish That Refused to Get Away Chapter 27: From Forest to Freezer Chapter 28: The Wolf and the Fawn Chapter 29: The Trails We Follow Chapter 30: In the Time of Ptarmigan Chapter 31: Of Relationships and Freezers Chapter 32: Caribou Spoons Chapter 33: The Caribou of the Brooks Range Chapter 34: Dear National Geographic, Please Produce My Reality Show Idea Chapter 35: Yakobi Island and Cross Sound Chapter 36: Sheep Country Chapter 37: Grizzly Country Chapter 38: Fishlove Chapter 39: Sisu