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Alaska's Wolf Man The 1915-55 Wilderness Adventures of Frank Glaser

Jim Rearden

Between 1915 and 1955 adventure-seeking Frank Glaser, a latter-day Far North Mountain Man, trekked across wilderness Alaska on foot, by wolf-dog team, and eventually, by airplane. In his career he was a market hunter, trapper, roadhouse owner, professional dog team musher, and a federal predator con...

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The MeatEater Podcast

The podcast host discussed this book, mentioning a memorable passage about a prospector's plates being screwed to a table to prevent dogs from moving them while licking them clean. It was described as a great book.

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In this book, he goes to this prospector's house and the prospector's house is the, he talks about it's the kind of the grossest, grimy-est place he's ever spent the night. But the prospector keeps hi...

— Episode: Ep. 269: The Mooch

Episode: Ep. 269: The Mooch

The podcast host discussed this book, mentioning a memorable passage about a prospector's plates being screwed to a table to prevent dogs from moving them while licking them clean. It was described as a great book.

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In this book, he goes to this prospector's house and the prospector's house is the, he talks about it's the kind of the grossest, grimy-est place he's ever spent the night. But the prospector keeps his plates screwed to the tabletop.

I read the book.

It's a great book, isn't it?

You read that book?

He has dogs and the guy wonders like, why are the plates screwed to the table permanently? And it's because he just eats and then the dogs can get up and lick the plates clean and the plate doesn't move around so they can get it extra clean.

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