Escaping into Nature: The Making of a Sportsman-Conservationist and Environmental Historian

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For Carrie and Chris, who have always made me proud to be their Dad. Escaping into Nature The Making of a Sportsman-Conservationist and Environmental Historian JOHN F. REIGER OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS • CORVALLIS The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources and the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Reiger, John F. Escaping into nature : the making of a sportsman-conservationist and environmental historian / John F. Reiger. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-87071-710-9 (alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-0-87071-711-6 (e-book) 1. Reiger, John F. 2. Wildlife conservationists--United States--Biography. 3. Fishers--United States--Biography. 4. Hunters--United States-Biography . I. Title. QL31.R44A3 2013 639.9--dc23 2012044613© 2013 John F. Reiger All rights reserved. First published in 2013 by Oregon State University Press Printed in the United States of America Oregon State University Press 121 The Valley Library Corvallis OR 97331-4501 541-737-3166 • fax 541-737-3170 http://osupress.oregonstate.edu Front cover photograph: At three-and-a-half years old, the author fishing with a hand line from the stern of his father’s boat along the South Shore of Long Island. Back cover photograph: The author sitting on Miley Bull’s duck boat in December 1976 after a hunt at the mouth of the Housatonic River. ...