Wonderfully evocative memoir of a young man who found himself in the solitude of Alaska wilderness, and became fully aware of his relationship to the animals, people, and land around him. A game officer who witnessed the resourcefulness of humans in devising ways to kill animals, his hunting heritage was only questioned after a great deal of time spent in the Gila Wilderness, the Kenai Fjords, Brooks Range, and finally, the Yukon Delta in Alaska.