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They Used to Call Us Game Wardens - Softcover

Callies, William H.

 
9781424300754: They Used to Call Us Game Wardens
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1424300754 ISBN 13: 9781424300754
Verlag: Callies/Hanson Pub, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

William (Bill) Callies was a Game Warden for the State of Minnesota from 1960 to 1980. He became a warden at age 43 and he felt being a warden was the BEST job in the world. He was stationed at Waskish, Crosby-Ironton, Orr and Baudette. These are some of the stories he wrote about his adventures as a warden while he worked at those stations. Some of the stories are exciting, some are funny and many are informative. There are 60 short stories in the book and the reader will feel transported to an earlier era in Minnesota law enforcement. They all describe the job of a Minnesota Conservation Officer during the twenty years that Bill worked for the State.

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Bill Callies was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa in 1917 before moving to Minneapolis. He had a successful career in the floor covering business and owned and managed stores before he took the test for Minnesota Game Warden. He moved his wife, Patricia, and their two children from Minneapolis to Waskish to pursue his dream of being a warden. He was a game warden at Waskish, Crosby-Ironton, Orr and Baudette during his career as a warden. Bill moved to International Falls with Patricia after he retired and then to Hibbing when Patricia died in 1993. At the age of 80, he married Dorothy who was a friend of Patricia's and she moved to the USA from England to marry him. He wrote stories of his adventures as a warden after he retired in 1980. His rule to his daughter and son was to not publish them until after he died. He died in 2003. The stories were all hand-printed on legal paper so they had to be typed, pictures were added and the first printing was only to be for friends and family.AUTHOR: deceased

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Reviews from local papers, 2006 and 2007 (published to the trade 11/15/2016): "...thank goodness someone documented an era...Bemidji Pioneer Press 5/12/07 "...the energy, enthusiasm, determination and love of the job are evident..." The Game Warden, Summer 2007 "Bill ran herd on the poachers." The Game Warden Summer 2007 "...compelling mix (of) stories..." Hibbing Daily Tribune 5/7/06 "...many interesting, amazing and often educational stories..." Grand Rapids Herald Review 5/13/07 "The stories are written in a straight forward, unsentimental style from notes Callies kept throughout his career. He kept the notes in the event he was called into court to testify." The Brainerd Dispatch 3/25/07 "Bill's account of his game warden activities names offenders and gives quite a bit of detail about locations and methods used by poachers..." Voyageur Sentinel 9/15/07 "Callies served and set enforcement standards in many areas where game wardens were resented by those who--before Bill showed up--openly flaunted their disrespect for Minnesota's game laws." Voyageur Sentinel 9/15/07 "..there are stories of lying in ambush for wrong-doers and tales of hot pursuit of'deer shiners' who made the mistake of catching his attention." Voyageur Sentinel 9/15/07 "It's certain--these are books you can't put down, once you've started reading them." Voyageur Sentinel 9/15/07 "At once informational, humorous, light-hearted and serious, the stories often make mention of the people and wildlife of northern Minnesota." Grand Rapids Herald Review 5/13/07 "The stories are written in a casual, personal, reminiscent style." Grand Rapids Herald Review 5/13/07 "Callies recollections include not only the names, but the conversations and thoughts that crossed his mind which paint a vivid picture of the event." Hibbing Daily Tribune 5/7/06 "...easy to read and apparently...written ...as Bill would have told the stories out loud." Moosecop 10/25/07 "One tough warden...highly recommend this book to the outdoorsmen." Amazon review 8/29/07 ""well told stories in an understated, wry style..." Amazon review 7/11/07 "The stories are written in a straightforward, unsentimental style..." Outdoor News 4/27/07

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Verlag
Callies/Hanson Pub
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1424300754
ISBN 13 
9781424300754
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
271
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