The Last River Rat: Kenny Salwey's Life in the Wild
by BESTUL J. SCOTTFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-07-01
Publisher(s): Motorbooks Intl
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Summary
The Last River Rat is a seasonal look at Kenny Salwey's unique life as a river rat.
Author Biography
Kenny Salwey is known as the Woodsman of the Mississippi Backwaters--he's a hunter, trapper, outdoor guide, and self-sufficient woodsman. He's a Mississippi river guide for hunting, fishing and nature watching; a storyteller; a workshop instructor on environmental education, and a keynote speaker Scott Bestul is an editor of Field and Stream
Table of Contents
| Introduction: Of River Rats and the Big River | p. 7 |
| April - River Rat Almanac | p. 21 |
| The New Year Begins in the Three Camps | p. 22 |
| Rat Tale: Big Boy and Beauty | p. 35 |
| May - River Rat Almanac | p. 41 |
| Trout Fishing and Morel Picking | p. 42 |
| Rat Tale: That Black, Boot-Sucking, Mississippi Mud | p. 56 |
| June - River Rat Almanac | p. 63 |
| The Snake Hunters | p. 64 |
| Rat Tale: Frog Tears and Rabbit Coffee | p. 76 |
| July - River Rat Almanac | p. 85 |
| To Catch a Cat | p. 86 |
| Rat Tale: Passing the Flame: The Marsh Shack | p. 98 |
| August - River Rat Almanac | p. 103 |
| Walking Sticks and Woodslore | p. 104 |
| Rat Tale: Tent Camp and the Bad Bees | p. 116 |
| September - River Rat Almanac | p. 123 |
| Ginseng Digging | p. 124 |
| Rat Tale: Where Am I? | p. 136 |
| October - River Rat Almanac | p. 143 |
| Duck Hunting and Duck-Hunting Dogs | p. 144 |
| Rat Tale: Old Spook and the Last Duck Hunt | p. 155 |
| November - River Rat Almanac | p. 163 |
| Hunting the "Wet-Tail" Deer | p. 164 |
| Rat Tale: Monarch of the Swamp | p. 177 |
| December - River Rat Almanac | p. 185 |
| Making Meat | p. 186 |
| Rat Tale: Making Wood | p. 197 |
| January - River Rat Almanac | p. 207 |
| Winter Trapping | p. 208 |
| Rat Tale: The Grandmother Tree | p. 217 |
| February - River Rat Almanac | p. 221 |
| Fur Processing | p. 222 |
| Rat Tale: Beaver Lodge Fracas | p. 235 |
| March - River Rat Almanac | p. 239 |
| An Affinity for Turtles | p. 240 |
| Rat Tale: Life Along the Big River | p. 254 |
| About the Authors | p. 256 |
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