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MERLYN CARTER, BUSH PILOT
by Rob Kesselring
228 pages
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For fifty years, flying floats and skis, Merlyn's planes crashed into trees, broke through lake ice, twice flipped and once exploded. Merlyn always walked away. Some called him lucky, many called Merlyn their best friend until a June day when he lost a battle to the jaws of a bear.
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Category: Biography
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About the Book
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Merlyn Carter Bush Pilot is a rollicking read about an uncommon man in an uncommon place at an uncommon time. Before civilization came to Canada’s Northwest Territories, bush pilots rescued the injured, brought in prospectors, and hauled cargo. As a teen, Merlyn piloted a military surplus bomber overloaded with Great Slave Lake whitefish across that wilderness, sometimes in 50-below cold. He flew over trackless forest and tundra with a hand-drawn map. Over the decades, his planes crashed into trees, broke through lake ice, twice flipped and once exploded. Merlyn always walked away. While some called him lucky, many called Merlyn their best friend until a June day in 2005 when he lost a battle to the claws and jaws of a bear.
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Rob Kesselring, respected outdoor writer and speaker, has paddled 120 rivers - including 29 north of sixty degrees latitude. In this, his second book, Rob weaves together seventeen stories of river running adventure and wilderness camping techniques. The collection includes the story, A River Runs Through It, one of the most rejected and funniest stories ever written.
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About the Author |
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Rob Kesselring is a wilderness guide, outdoor writer, and pilot, who lived in the Canadian North for nine years. He was one of the many best friends of Merlyn Carter. This is his fourth book. |
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