Download or read book Jack the Young Trapper written by George Bird Grinnell and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conservationist George Bird Grinnell helped tame the western U.S., establishing a number of national parks as tourism hubs. He brings this knowledge to bear in the "Jack" series of outdoor adventure stories for younger readers. In Jack the Young Trapper, Jack Danvers is recruited for a fur-trapping expedition in the treacherous territory of the Rockies.
Download or read book Jack the Young Trapper written by George Bird Grinnell and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-05 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack the Young Trapper
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Download or read book Jack the Young Trapper written by George Bird Grinnell and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-04-22 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Well, Jack," said Mr. Sturgis, "I am glad to see you back again." "Indeed, Uncle George, you can bet I am glad to get back," replied Jack. "I tell you it just made my heart rise up to ride over the prairie to-day; it seemed to me that I never smelt anything so good as the odor of the sage, and the little birds that kept getting up out of the road and flying ahead of the team and alighting again, seemed like old friends. Then we saw some antelope and a coyote or two. I tell you it was bully. It seemed mighty good, too, to see Hugh after all these months." "Well," said Mr. Sturgis, "it is good to get you back, and I hope you will have a good summer. Have you thought of what you want to do?"
Download or read book Jack the Young Trapper written by George Bird Grinnell and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 1936-01-22 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A century ago the western half of the American Continent was unknown. Vast herds of buffalo and antelope swarmed over its rolling plains; elk and deer fed along its rivers; wild sheep and white goats clambered over its rocky heights; bears prowled through its forests; beavers built their dams and houses along every stream. Occasionally a group of Indians passed over the plains or threaded the defiles of the mountain ranges. A few years later the white man began to penetrate this wilderness. Beaver were growing scarcer, and men were forced to go further for them. So the trapper entered these unknown fastnesses and began his work.
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