Research Catalog

Title

Yellowstone ranger : stories from a life spent with bears, backcountry, horses, and mules, from Yosemite to Yellowstone / Jerry Mernin ; compiled by Gary Brown.

Author

Mernin, Jerry, 1912-2011

Publication

• [Helena, Montana] : Riverbend Publishing, [2016]
• ©2016

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Details

Additional Authors

Brown, Gary

Description

367 pages : color illustrations, map; 22 cm

Summary

Jerry Mernin's distinguished carreer in the National Park Service spanned four decades, five national parks, and a remarkable 32-year stay in Yellowstone, the park he loved and never left. In his long-awaited memoir, Mernin takes readers behind the scenes to learn firsthand what it's like to be a great park ranger. Along the way he shares a lifetime of exciting adventures, including dangerous rescues, remote backcountry patrols, and multiple heart-pounding encounters with grizzly bears. Thoroughly entertaining, this book also provides a valuable inside look at park operations from law enforcement to bear management.

Subjects

• Autobiographies
• History
• Biographies
• Anecdotes
• United States > Yellowstone National Park
• Mernin, Jerry, 1912-2011
• 1900-1999
• Yellowstone National Park > History > 20th century
• Yellowstone National Park > Anecdotes
• Yellowstone National Park > Biography

Genre/Form

• Autobiographies.
• Anecdotes.
• Biographies.
• History.

Note

• Includes index.

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.

ISBN

• 9781606390900
• 1606390902

OCLC

• ocn953734700
• SCSB-14263663

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library