Yellowstone ranger : stories from a life spent with bears, backcountry, horses, and mules, from Yosemite to Yellowstone /: stories from a life spent with bears, backcountry, horses, and mules, from Yosemite to Yellowstone. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jerry Mernin ; compiled by Gary Brown.
• Authors: Mernin, Jerry, 1912-2011
• Other Names: Brown, Gary compiler.
• Contents: Growing up in Yosemite -- My first ranger tales -- Stormy lessons in Glacier National Park -- How I became a missionary about one-match fires -- Law student meets Bob Flame, ranger -- Encounters with a specter, a fire, and a bear -- Red v. the mule-eating Stokes litter -- Lessons in humility -- Beauty lies in the eyes -- Remember who you are and what you stand for -- A love affair with guns -- Never look back -- On-the-job training for canyon rescues -- A fateful visit for three German women -- Barney Sander's tie (or, a not-so-good day in Yellowstone) -- Changing times arrive in Yellowstone -- Bear in the bathroom -- Patrol cabin etiquette -- God bless park rangers' wives -- The day the president rode my horse -- Paying tuition at the school of hard knocks -- My indtroduction to Yellowstone bears -- The closing of the dumps -- Parke visitors "jumped" by bears -- Hard lessons learned capturing and relocating bears -- A predatory grizzly -- Some bear humor -- A grizzly bear charge -- Country without grizzly bears -- Dusty, my thousand-pound partner -- Irwin the magnificent -- Bit plyers and supporting roles -- Outlasting your warranty -- Death, loss, and change.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Riverbend
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 pages)
• Subjects: 363.28; Travel: Parks & Campgrounds; Yellowstone National Park -- Biography; Yellowstone National Park -- Anecdotes; Yellowstone National Park -- History -- 20th century; Yellowstone National Park -- Biographies; Yellowstone National Park -- Anecdotes; Yellowstone National Park -- Histoire -- 20e siècle; United States -- Yellowstone National Park; Autobiographies; Autobiography; Anecdotes; Biographies; History; Autobiographies; Autobiographies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781606391013; 1606391011
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.