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Turtle Mountain Trapper

by Milton L. Ramsden

276 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #07-0687; ISBN 1-4251-2287-6; US$23.48, C$27.00, EUR18.31, £12.13

True story of a young trapper growing up in the Turtle Mountains of southwest Manitoba in the 1950's and 60's.

About the Book

Turtle Mountain Trapper: The story begins in 1953 after the birth of he Author.

• To trapping and living with the grandparents at Mushum Billy's Point.
• The beating I received from the rooster and gander. To hitting Grandpa on the head with a tire iron.
• My Great Grandmother's run in with Sioux Warriors during the Indian uprising in the 1800's.
• My brother Clayton and my humorous antics like swimming in the crick, climbing Trees and tricks that we played on unsuspecting people.
• To the discovery of an old whiskey still and smoking of our first cigars.
• Tragedies like the freezing to death of Auntie Josie.
• My first trapline for red squirrels and weasels with my faithful partner-old Micky the black and white border collie.
• The invention of the snowshoe-skis.
• Purchasing my first new traps. School and the sometimes-humorous things we did there.
• Painful lessons learned the hard way.
• Great times had at Christmas time.
• The last farewell to a cherished old friend.
• The dirty trick pulled on cousin Burton in The Skunk and Ol'Twan.
• The box social and how I purchased the lunch box of my favorite girl.
• Playing championship softball.
• The Move to Whitewater, Manitoba.

About the Author

Ol'Milt as he is known by friends and colleagues now resides in Ear Falls, a small town in northwestern Ontario with is wife Martha of thirty plus years. Together they have raised three wonderful daughters; Crystal and family of Osoyoos, B.C. Tracey and family of Edmonton Alberta and Jennifer who was always Dad's baby lives in Ear Falls, Oratorio.

He has two sons in law: Terry and Keith and five grandchildren; Joshua, Kimberly, Kathleen, Kendall, and Memphis.

50 miles northeast of Ear Falls, Ol'Milt still lives his life long dream of managing his own registered trapline. Every spare moment is spent there at the cabin where he grows a big garden in summer, cuts new trials, puts up fire wood in the spring before the snow melts away and oodles of other projects... All linked to his passion... TRAPPING.

Milt makes his living working as a heavy equipment operator for Ear Falls Contracting and loves to dabble in woodworking.

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