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Daniel Goes Out for Dinner Pre-Level One Paperback Book
This cookbook was mentioned as being in the process of completion at the time of the podcast recording. It was described as a follow up to The Complete Guide to the MeatEater Cookbook.
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And then one more cookbook, the Daniel Pruitt Wild and Whole.
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This cookbook was mentioned as being in the process of completion at the time of the podcast recording. It was described as a follow up to The Complete Guide to the MeatEater Cookbook.
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And then one more cookbook, the Daniel Pruitt Wild and Whole.
Ground Crayfish-3.5oz (Very clean &flavorful)
This is described as an activity book and educational manual for kids and adults, designed to teach about the planet and a child's place in it. It contains activities of varying difficulty levels, and safety warnings were included for some activities.
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So we got a new title coming out. We have an activity for a great activity book. It's like an activity book, but it's an educational manual. If you wish your kids knew all the shit you don't know, you...
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This is described as an activity book and educational manual for kids and adults, designed to teach about the planet and a child's place in it. It contains activities of varying difficulty levels, and safety warnings were included for some activities.
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So we got a new title coming out. We have an activity for a great activity book. It's like an activity book, but it's an educational manual. If you wish your kids knew all the shit you don't know, you'd get them this book.
Get your crayfish, count the stars.
So I have, my kids are eight, 10 and 12. It's very appropriate for all of my kids. It'd be appropriate for kids a bit younger and my 12 year old definitely hasn't aged out of it, but it's like, it's the whole world put into these things, like activities they can do. Some, you know, if you're not careful, your kid might cut his finger off or something. So you gotta be, you gotta exercise caution. Some they can do on their own. Some they'll need some help with. We loaded it with all of the requisite warnings. But if you want your kid to understand the planet and their place in it and like what's going on around them, this is a book you ought to buy for him.
NEW-The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival
This book was mentioned in passing as a project that was completed before the team started work on the children's activity book, "Get Your Crayfish, Count the Stars."
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As soon as we finished the wilderness skills book, we got into this one and then we got more, we were doing like a, we're doing a sportsman's Atlas of America.
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This book was mentioned in passing as a project that was completed before the team started work on the children's activity book, "Get Your Crayfish, Count the Stars."
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As soon as we finished the wilderness skills book, we got into this one and then we got more, we were doing like a, we're doing a sportsman's Atlas of America.
Rocky Mountain High
A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West
This song was mentioned in relation to how John Denver pronounces "Colorado", which sparked a discussion on different pronunciations of the state's name and which one is considered correct. The song was used as a reference point for the "correct" local pronunciation.
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What about that Flying Burrito Brothers song? Hey, Colorado, it's not so long ago. That's a famous. I think that whatever John Denver says goes. And if you play that, I'll go with that.
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This song was mentioned in relation to how John Denver pronounces "Colorado", which sparked a discussion on different pronunciations of the state's name and which one is considered correct. The song was used as a reference point for the "correct" local pronunciation.
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What about that Flying Burrito Brothers song? Hey, Colorado, it's not so long ago. That's a famous. I think that whatever John Denver says goes. And if you play that, I'll go with that.
Rocky Mountain High. This is a big area of contention with Oregon as well.
Colorado.
Saddam's Secrets
How an Iraqi General Defied & Survived Saddam Hussein
Rourke Denver's book contains a picture of him with one of Saddam Hussein's carp, which were stocked in the moats around his palace. The anecdote about the carp is used to highlight Saddam's love of fish and how this ultimately contributed to his capture.
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I think in Rourke's book, there's a picture of Rourke with one of Saddam's bass.
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Rourke Denver's book contains a picture of him with one of Saddam Hussein's carp, which were stocked in the moats around his palace. The anecdote about the carp is used to highlight Saddam's love of fish and how this ultimately contributed to his capture.
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I think in Rourke's book, there's a picture of Rourke with one of Saddam's bass.
And he said to a lot of guys where it was like game on, like a lot of dudes were like, sweet, I can finally fish the carp. And it didn't matter what they would catch. They just called them Saddam's bass over there.
Black Elk Speaks Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
This book about Native Americans was mentioned alongside "Son of the Morning Star" and "Empire of the Summer Moon" as a source of insight into the lives and challenges faced by Native American people in the past.
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you read those books and then Black Elk Speaks is another great one
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This book about Native Americans was mentioned alongside "Son of the Morning Star" and "Empire of the Summer Moon" as a source of insight into the lives and challenges faced by Native American people in the past.
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you read those books and then Black Elk Speaks is another great one
NEW-The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival
A Russian publisher wanted to purchase the rights to translate and publish this book in Russia; the author was pleased to accept their offer of $500 for the rights.
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It was the survival book. Okay. The wilderness skills book.
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A Russian publisher wanted to purchase the rights to translate and publish this book in Russia; the author was pleased to accept their offer of $500 for the rights.
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It was the survival book. Okay. The wilderness skills book.
So there's like this Russian publisher wanted to buy the Russian rights to do a translation of the wilderness skills book.
It was only 500 bucks.
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An American Legend 50th Anniversary Edition
It is a biography about the life of David Crockett. The author was asked if they ever wrote a book where no one dies, and they said no.
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And I wrote a book called American Legend about the life of David Crockett.
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Episode: Ep. 395: When Things Go South Up North
It is a biography about the life of David Crockett. The author was asked if they ever wrote a book where no one dies, and they said no.
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And I wrote a book called American Legend about the life of David Crockett.
Empire of Ice and Stone
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It follows the disastrous Canadian Arctic expedition of 1913-1918. The book focuses on the challenges and survival of the expedition members.
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And it's like a bunch more people freezing to death and dying. Yeah, I like it.
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It follows the disastrous Canadian Arctic expedition of 1913-1918. The book focuses on the challenges and survival of the expedition members.
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And it's like a bunch more people freezing to death and dying. Yeah, I like it.
And I'm always like, I don't want to give spoilers, you know? Even though when you look at the cover, you're like, that's not going to go well.
Oh, yeah, glass half full, glass half empty. The disastrous. It's an image of a ship that doesn't look like it's going anywhere anytime soon. The disastrous and heroic.
And it's about going to the North Pole in dirigibles.
The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game
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Lane Rogers won a signed copy of this book for submitting a question for the listener question of the week segment.
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Lane is going to get a signed copy of The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game, Volume 2.
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Lane Rogers won a signed copy of this book for submitting a question for the listener question of the week segment.
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Lane is going to get a signed copy of The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game, Volume 2.
The Friendly Arctic; the Story of Five Years in Polar Regions
This book, written by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, was mentioned. It details how small groups of people can survive in the Arctic and was heavily contested by Amundsen.
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Steffensen's book, "The Friendly Arctic"
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This book, written by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, was mentioned. It details how small groups of people can survive in the Arctic and was heavily contested by Amundsen.
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Steffensen's book, "The Friendly Arctic"
So he resurfaces. Okay. And now he's, he is, his books are selling. He's writes, he's written My Life with the Eskimo and he also writes The Friendly Arctic, which is a great title for a book in which most people die.
He's like... What you do is you take off as soon as things look bad.
He's like, this is actually irresponsible because you're, you're making it sound like any Yeho can just go with a rifle and live off the ice. And it's like most of the people that would try that are going to die, you know?
NEW-The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival
A signed copy of this book was offered as a prize to the listener who submitted the winning question for the week.
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Kanan is going to get a signed copy of the Mead Eater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival.
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A signed copy of this book was offered as a prize to the listener who submitted the winning question for the week.
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Kanan is going to get a signed copy of the Mead Eater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival.
Coronado, Knight of Pueblos and Plains
Rinella mentioned reading a book about Coronado's expedition, describing it as a "classic volume" but also an "irritating author". The book detailed encounters with bison hunters who sharpened stone tools with their teeth.
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I can't remember a guy's name...He wrote Coronado night of the Pueblos and Plains. Pueblo Plains. Yeah. Classic volume. Yeah. Irritating author.
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Rinella mentioned reading a book about Coronado's expedition, describing it as a "classic volume" but also an "irritating author". The book detailed encounters with bison hunters who sharpened stone tools with their teeth.
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I can't remember a guy's name...He wrote Coronado night of the Pueblos and Plains. Pueblo Plains. Yeah. Classic volume. Yeah. Irritating author.
Deer of the Southwest
It was previously out of print, but it was mentioned that it recently became available again and can be purchased from various retailers, including the author's website.
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Your book's back in print, Jim.
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It was previously out of print, but it was mentioned that it recently became available again and can be purchased from various retailers, including the author's website.
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Your book's back in print, Jim.
Yeah, Deer of the Southwest.
Yeah, published that and that's desert mule deer, cow's white-tailed deer in the Southwest.
It was out of print. Did it get to where, is it so out of print that people sell them for stupid amounts of money and then no one wants to buy it?
I've got some screenshots of $800 on Amazon.
Wildlife Research 40440 4x4 Synthetic Mule Deer Lure (1-Fluid Ounce)
This book, published 41 years prior to the podcast recording, was described as a reference for mule deer information and served as inspiration for a new, updated version.
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About 41 years ago, Charles Walmo put together a book called mule deer and black tail deer in North America, um, with different people writing different chapters. And that thing is, has is still used...
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Episode: Ep. 373: Shirker Bucks, Baubellum, and Binturongs
This book, published 41 years prior to the podcast recording, was described as a reference for mule deer information and served as inspiration for a new, updated version.
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About 41 years ago, Charles Walmo put together a book called mule deer and black tail deer in North America, um, with different people writing different chapters. And that thing is, has is still used as a reference for mule deer information, but it's four decades old.
Ecology and Management of Black-tailed and Mule Deer of North America
This is a new book, described as a comprehensive and updated resource on mule deer and black-tailed deer, featuring contributions from numerous experts in the field. It includes 550 pages, 100 color photographs, and 23 chapters written by 80 authors.
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So we've been working, me and a lot of people throughout the West been working on a big, what will be the Bible of mule deer and black tail deer in North America.
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Episode: Ep. 373: Shirker Bucks, Baubellum, and Binturongs
This is a new book, described as a comprehensive and updated resource on mule deer and black-tailed deer, featuring contributions from numerous experts in the field. It includes 550 pages, 100 color photographs, and 23 chapters written by 80 authors.
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So we've been working, me and a lot of people throughout the West been working on a big, what will be the Bible of mule deer and black tail deer in North America.
So that is at the publisher now it's, it's in layout. That's it's going to be about 550 pages, a hundred color photographs, 23 chapters, 80 authors, 550 pages, a hundred color photos.
Sparrow Envy
Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts
This is a 2021 book of poetry by Drew Lanham, which is a field guide to birds and lesser beasts.
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Called Sparrow Envy, Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts. So that came out 2021.
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Episode: Ep. 360: The World Coming to You on a Wing
This is a 2021 book of poetry by Drew Lanham, which is a field guide to birds and lesser beasts.
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Called Sparrow Envy, Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts. So that came out 2021.
PRIVATE LIFE OF AN INDIAN PRINCE ( Universal Book Club edition)
The book was mentioned in passing, in relation to the speaker's surprise that the guest didn't know about it, and a subsequent anecdote about the Clinton administration considering targeting Bin Laden at a falconry camp.
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Do you know that? Life with an Indian Prince.
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The book was mentioned in passing, in relation to the speaker's surprise that the guest didn't know about it, and a subsequent anecdote about the Clinton administration considering targeting Bin Laden at a falconry camp.
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Do you know that? Life with an Indian Prince.
I'm going to send you a book.
Wildlife in America
The book was mentioned in relation to the author's discussion on the conservation of condors and the decision to maintain a captive flock to understand the reasons behind their decline. A quote from the book regarding the need to conserve condors and understand their extinction was referenced.
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He talks about that, that, that look, we need to, to, to conserve these birds and prevent their extinction. And then maybe understand why they were going extinct because it may not only benefit that s...
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The book was mentioned in relation to the author's discussion on the conservation of condors and the decision to maintain a captive flock to understand the reasons behind their decline. A quote from the book regarding the need to conserve condors and understand their extinction was referenced.
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He talks about that, that, that look, we need to, to, to conserve these birds and prevent their extinction. And then maybe understand why they were going extinct because it may not only benefit that species. It may benefit our understanding of the ecosystem, which would be far greater use, but you have to collect these birds and retain them in captivity so that you can go and figure out what the problem was.
The Bizarre Truth
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