Red Jacket: A Lute Bapcat Mystery

About this Item: Lyons Press, New York, 2012. Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. AS NEW First edition First printing book in near fine priced (24.95) dust jacket which has a wrinkle at the bottom front of the jacket. Book is pristine, unmarked and unread. "Heywood is a master of his form "--Detroit Free Press Lute Bapcat, former cowboy, Rough Rider, beaver trapper, a man who, in 1913, is hand picked by Theodore Roosevelt himself to become one of Michigan's first civil service game warden. His Territory: the Keweenaw Peninsula. Being from Michigan, trust me, it is beautiful up there. With a stunning array of characters, fascinating historical detail, and Joseph Heywood's trademark writing about Michigan's wilderness, Red jacket chronicles a bloody labor strike marked by sabotage tactics, such as slaughtered deer, flooded animal dens, poisoned trout streams and well water, and deforestation all designed by mine operators to deny nature's bounty to the strikers. Heywood, like fellow Michigander Jim Harrison, chronicle the greed and depravity of the mining and timber millionaires. Book is a wonderful collectible in pristine condition, and a fine addition to any library.