Tag Archives: wilderness

UNTIL THE LAST DOG: Champion Dog Sled Racer Robert Downey Memoir – Book Review

Posted on November 9, 2024 by Brian Alan Burhoe

UNTIL THE LAST DOG, A Memoir by Robert Downey. A Book Review and story of a champion dog musher… UNTIL THE LAST DOG: One Man’s Lifelong Journey to Alaska with His Dogs by Robert Downey. A Memoir. A Book Review. … Continue reading →

NIGHTHAWK OF THE NORTHWEST Samuel Alexander White Mounties Book Review

Posted on June 1, 2024 by Brian Alan Burhoe

NIGHTHAWK OF THE NORTHWEST – A Mounties Book Review NIGHTHAWK OF THE NORTHWEST by Samuel Alexander White – Canadian Mounties Book Review “Run off,” breathed Nash aloud. “By thunder, they’ve run off my thousand-dollar horse!” The spreading camp-fire … Continue reading →

Posted in Book*Reviews | Tagged animal stories, best Westerns, book review, Book review website, book reviews, Canadian Mounties, Henri Dimpre, jack london tradition, Le faucon du nord-ouest, Marguerite Tisseyre, mountie fiction, Mounties, Nighthawk of the Northwest, north-west mounted police, otis adelbert kline, Otis Adelbert Kline agent, Samuel Alexander White, Western writer, wilderness | Comments Off

Mounties, Wolves & Pulp Writers: North-West Stories and A De Herries Smith

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Brian Alan Burhoe

Pulp writers of Canadian Mountie stories. The Northwestern Genre & Pulp writers. Created in 1903 by Jack London with the publication of his novel THE CALL OF THE WILD, the Northwestern Genre thrived for the first half of … Continue reading →

Posted in Book*Reviews | Tagged A De Herries Smith, A DeHerries Smith, book review, Canadian patriot, Dan O’Rourke, dangerous women, Derek West, Frederick Lewis Nebel, mountie fiction, Mounties, north west stories, North-West Romances, Owen Finbar, pulp fiction, pulp writers, Robert Roy, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Sergeant Dan O'Rourke, Western writer, who was A De Herries Smith, who was A DeHerries Smith, wilderness, wolves | Comments Off

TIGER WARS: Saving Endangered Malayan Tigers from Poaching Syndicate Mercenaries

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Brian Alan Burhoe

Saving Endangered Tigers… Saving Endangered Species: “Saving the Imperiled Malayan Tiger Needs Worldwide Support!” Global Tiger Day 2019 (aka International Tiger Day) has just gone by. Created in 2010 at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit, the “Day” was … Continue reading →

Posted in An Earth Spirit | Tagged animal story, endangered species, endangered tigers, global tiger day, global tiger day 2020, Malayan Tigers, Panthera, poachers, Poaching Syndicate Mercenaries, poaching syndicates, Royal Belum National Park, Saving Endangered, Shah Redza, tiger wars, wilderness, wildlife, World Tiger Day 2020, zero poaching | Comments Off

Wild Burros of Death Valley Rescued from Contract Hunters

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Brian Alan Burhoe

Wild Burros… Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue to Lead “Save Death Valley’s Wild Burros” Project Wild burros. Living icons of the Old Southwest. Those wild descendants of the tough little pack animals of Spanish explorers of the 1500’s, old … Continue reading →

Posted in Otherkind | Tagged animal rescuers, burros, contract hunters, death valleys wild burros, donkey adoption, donkeys, donkeys for sale, free roaming horses, guardian animals, guardian donkeys, Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue, PVDR, Teddy Roosevelt, wild burros, wild donkeys, wild horses, wilderness | Comments Off

Teddy Bears, Grizzly Bears & The National Wildlife Refuge System

Posted on September 10, 2017 by Brian Alan Burhoe

Saving Grizzly Bears… Of Teddy Bears, Grizzly Bears & The National Wildlife Refuge System – A Celebration – Or a Rant? It’s been 114 years since President Teddy Roosevelt created the National Wildlife Refuge System. The heroic beginning … Continue reading →

Posted in Bearkind | Tagged bears, canada, fisherman salmon bear photo, grey owl, grizzlies, grizzly bears, H J Res 69, IFAW, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Jeff Flocken, National Wildlife Refuge System, Northern Lights Wildlife Society, S J Res 18, Teddy Roosevelt, wilderness, wildlife, wolves | Comments Off

Wildlife Photographer Thomas D Mangelsen Unveils His Legacy Reserve Collection

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Brian Alan Burhoe

Wildlife Photographer… As A Capstone To His Heralded Career, Renowned American Wildlife Photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen Unveils His “Legacy Reserve Collection” “Catch of the Day” “By purchasing one of these special fine art photographs, collectors get a rare invitation to … Continue reading →

Posted in An Earth Spirit, Otherkind | Tagged A Life in The Wild, Ansel Adams, bears, catch of the day, Charles Livingston Bull, illustrations, Jane Goodall, Legacy Reserve Collection, Thomas Mangelsen, wilderness, Wildlife Artist, Wildlife Jobs, wildlife photographer, Wildlife Photographer Thomas D Mangelsen, wildlife photography | Comments Off

World’s Largest Bathtub Made from a Tree – Beautiful or Destructive

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Brian Alan Burhoe

What is the World’s Largest Bathtub made of wood? Can a Tree Become a Bathtub? “Timber Neutral Makes World’s Largest Wooden Tub!” or, as one viewer observed, is the Largest Bathtub “a badly photoshopped image of a naked girl in … Continue reading →

Posted in An Earth Spirit | Tagged bathtub made from a tree, bears, Can a tree become a bathtub, endangered trees, environment, hardwood slab, mature European hardwood trees, responsible forestry practices, rethink sustainability, spirit of the tree, sustainable forestry, sustainable timbers, timber neutral, wilderness, wooden bathtub, Woodworkers, world's largest bathtub | Comments Off

Stephen J Voorhies: Artist of the American People — and Places

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Brian Alan Burhoe

Stephen J Voorhies… Stephen J Voorhies: Tribute to an Artist of the American People — and Places As an avid collector of classic wilderness fiction, including the stories of our Canadian Mounties, I’ve been lucky enough to find a … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts & Crafts, Book*Reviews | Tagged brian alan burhoe, canada, canadian, Canadian Mounties, Christian, first nations, Mounties, north-west mounted police, Stephen J Voorhies, Voorhies, wilderness, wilderness writer, William Byron Mowery | Comments Off

TOM WEST Classic Ace Double Western Author Remembered & Reviewed

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Brian Alan Burhoe

Western Author Tom West… Tom West ACE Double Western Book Reviews: Gallows Gulch & The Man At Rope’s End Tom West: Classic Ace Double Western Author Remembered & Reviewed In his 1960 Western novel THE PHANTOM PISTOLEER, after a … Continue reading →