Backcountry lawman
Subtitle: true stories from a Florida game warden
By: Bob H. Lee ; foreword by Raymond Arsenault and Gary R. Mormino
Contributors: Arsenault, Raymond; Mormino, Gary Ross, 1947-
Series: The Florida history and culture series; Florida history and culture series
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780813044293
Subjects: Wildlife conservation; Poaching; Game wardens; Prevention; Anecdotes
Description: In this book, Bob Lee "revisits the days he spent as a fish and wildlife law enforcement officer in northeast Florida, detailing the many dangers he encountered while patrolling the waters and environs of the St. Johns River region from 1977 to 2007. With thirty years of Florida backcountry patrol experience, Bob Lee has lived through incidents of legend, including one of the biggest environmental busts in Florida history. His fascinating memoir reveals the danger and the humor in the unsung exploits of game wardens."--Jacket flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Meeting the enemy; title: How I became a game warden; title: Midnight ride on a six-gallon gas can; title: Patience; title: Running over Vernon Bennett; title: Night poaching on a motorcycle; title: All for a sack of fish: February 1983; title: The cackling man: a Saturday in April; title: Reconnaissance: 1981, Lake George; title: Warden Guy "Gator" Banks; title: Night chase on the St. Johns River; title: Thanksgiving turkey; title: Ocklawaha River boat chase; title: The choo-choo-poo-poo case; title: When feathers fly, birds die; title: Summer turkeys; title: The Daniel Boone syndrome; title: Close call; title: Night run: one o'clock Saturday morning, December 1992; title: Warden Hank Starling and Buckshot the Decoy Deer; title: Survival notes; title: Marsh hens, high tides, and Warden Gator Banks; title: Finding lost tire tracks; title: Burn marks.