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Malaher, Gerald. The north I love. Winnipeg, Canada: Hyperion Press, 1984, 176pp., very good large hardcover with illustrated and printed covers. beautifully INSCRIBED over 6-lines in small script by the author's children to visitors at West Hawk Lake, remembering their father, "a pioneer in wildlife management". Collection of stories and observations about the changing culture and environment of wilderness Manitoba from 1922 to the near present. Author was a mapper, forest-fire fighter, game guardian, protector of wildlife, and friend to Indians. - This book Is a collection of stories about the Canadian North. The stories chronicle the real-life adventures of Gerald Malaher, pioneer conservationist, who following Ernest Thompson Seton. influenced the course of northern wildlife preservation and development in Manitoba in this century. Gerald Malaher fell in love with the North when he went there as a teenage emigrant from England. His first experiences were near The Pas when he worked at the McKay Indian Boarding School. After that he joined a government survey party to map remote regions along the Saskatchewan River. He traveled by canoe over rapids and uncharted waterways, smoked kinnikinik by a camp fire, operated the first binder north of the 53th parallel, fought forest fires with the Indians, established muskrat ranches and registered traplines, tagged barren-ground caribou, and helped restore the beaver population. His life was devoted to the preservation of the natural beauty and bounty of Manitoba's wilderness areas. Gerald Malaher became Manitoba's first Director of Wildlife in the provincial Natural Resources Department. His friends were government officials and Indian trappers and hunters. He served them ail as long as they were lovers of the North. 9780920534236 ISBN 0920534236.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. B/W Photographs (illustratore). 1st Edition. As the map on the blue end-papers shows, The North, for the purpose of these 176 pages, means Northern Manitoba. (Think : Pas River and Carrot River) Some of the author's early work was as part of a survey crew. LEARN more about ; Squire Bethell, Cat Lake post, Superstition Rock, Lac St. Joseph, beaver stock, paddle, pontoons, The Pas, Edith, pelt preparation, cornflakes, Brochet, kiche sesep, and Corporal Bud Wildgoose. INDEX at back. Lots of (personal) b/w photographs. Cond : Grey boards with green lettering. Issued w/o dust jacket (??). Tight, bright, square, and clean. No names, marks, nor wear. Excellent reading copy. QUote (p. 65) : " The carburetors on some engines, particularly the Lynx radial engine, were not designed for use in cold weather and sometimes we were forced down to the tree tops or even a forced landing and warm-up before ._._._. . ".

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Book review and personal photo and card taped in. The book is from the library of fellow naturakist Hawkins and comes with a group of letters and articles from Malaher.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 10.5" x 8.5". 176 pp. Stories from Malaher whose "life was devoted to the preservation of the natural beauty and bounty of Manitoba's wilderness areas." Illustrated with b&w photos. Map and text endpapers. Covers have some light rubbing. Manitoba Historical Society medal winner sticker on front cover. Gift inscription on half title, otherwise a clean bright copy. This book weighs 1 kg, extra postage may be requested.

[0-920534-23-6] 1984, 1st edition. (4to) Fine. Issued without dust jacket. 176pp. Map endpapers, black and white and color photographs, maps, index. Book about Gerald Malaher. Locale: Manitoba; Northern Canada; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Manitoba, Bush Pilots, Indians of N.A.).

1984, 1st edition. (4to) Very good plus, no dust jacket. 176pp. Signed by Margaret Malaher. Map endpapers, photos, maps, index. Previous owner's name. Book about Gerald Malaher. Locale: Manitoba; Northern Canada; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Western Canada, Bush Pilots, Indians of N.A.).

[0-920534-23-6] 1984, 1st edition. (4to) Near fine. Issued without dust jacket. 176pp. Signature stamp of the author and signed by Margret and Rosemary Malaher. Map endpapers, photos, maps, index. Book about Gerald Malaher. Locale: Manitoba; Northern Canada; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Manitoba, Bush Pilots, Indians of N.A.).

Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No dustjacket. 4to pp. 172, "A collection of stories about the Canadian North. These stories chronicle the real-life adventures of Gerald Malaher, pioneer conservationist, who following Ernest Thompson Seton, influenced the course of northern wildlife preservation and development in Manitoba in this century. ". book.