Suddenly, the Cider Didn't Taste So Good: Adventures of a Game Warden in Maine

Retired Maine Game Warden John Ford has seen it all. He's been shot at by desperate prison escapees, been outwitted by wily trappers, and rescued scores of animals. As a tenacious warden, he always was willing to spend the time needed to nab violators of the state's fish and game laws. At the same time, he wasn't a heartless, go-by-the-book enforcer; he usually had a good quip ready when he slipped the handcuffs on a violator, and he wasn't above accepting a lesson learned as sufficient penalty for breaking the law. Ford is also a gifted storyteller, and he writes of his adventures in Suddenly, the Cider Didn't Taste So Good, a collection of true tales, some serious, some humorous, and all heartwarming.

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Suddenly, the Cider Didn't Taste So Good: Adventures of a Game Warden in Maine

Retired Maine Game Warden John Ford has seen it all. He's been shot at by desperate prison escapees, been outwitted by wily trappers, and rescued scores of animals. As a tenacious warden, he always was willing to spend the time needed to nab violators of the state's fish and game laws. At the same time, he wasn't a heartless, go-by-the-book enforcer; he usually had a good quip ready when he slipped the handcuffs on a violator, and he wasn't above accepting a lesson learned as sufficient penalty for breaking the law. Ford is also a gifted storyteller, and he writes of his adventures in Suddenly, the Cider Didn't Taste So Good, a collection of true tales, some serious, some humorous, and all heartwarming.

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Suddenly, the Cider Didn't Taste So Good: Adventures of a Game Warden in Maine

Suddenly, the Cider Didn't Taste So Good: Adventures of a Game Warden in Maine

by John Ford
Suddenly, the Cider Didn't Taste So Good: Adventures of a Game Warden in Maine

Suddenly, the Cider Didn't Taste So Good: Adventures of a Game Warden in Maine

by John Ford

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Retired Maine Game Warden John Ford has seen it all. He's been shot at by desperate prison escapees, been outwitted by wily trappers, and rescued scores of animals. As a tenacious warden, he always was willing to spend the time needed to nab violators of the state's fish and game laws. At the same time, he wasn't a heartless, go-by-the-book enforcer; he usually had a good quip ready when he slipped the handcuffs on a violator, and he wasn't above accepting a lesson learned as sufficient penalty for breaking the law. Ford is also a gifted storyteller, and he writes of his adventures in Suddenly, the Cider Didn't Taste So Good, a collection of true tales, some serious, some humorous, and all heartwarming.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781934031940
Publisher: Islandport Press
Publication date: 04/20/2012
Pages: 200
Sales rank: 423,214
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author


John Ford, a native Mainer, was sworn in as a Maine Game Warden shortly after finishing up a four-year stint in the U.S. Air Force. He spent all of his twenty-year warden career in Waldo County in central Maine. Upon his retirement in 1990, he was elected as county sheriff and re-elected in 1994. He has written a local newspaper column since 2002 and is a regular contributor to the Northwoods Sporting Journal. He lives with his wife in Brooks, Maine.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi

Introduction 1

Just Dropping In, Ladies 7

Caught in the Trap 11

Drop the Waders! 15

A Master Manure-Spreader Gets His Comeuppance 21

'If You Step in it, You'll Know' 31

The Moody Mountain Manhunt 41

More Bang for Your Buck 57

'I'm Lost, You Know!' 61

Last Flight into Abbott's International Airport 65

The Warden Gets Caught 73

The Bogeyman 81

Daddy Who? 85

You're Welcome, Deer 93

The Game Warden and the Murderer 99

Foot-jack-uh! 111

Night Hunting for Drug Smugglers 117

Right on Time 123

Don't Mess with Blinky 127

Leo and the Life Preservers 133

It Helps to be a Damned Sneak 137

A Ride-Along with the Boss 141

Every Town has its Cast of Characters 149

Care to Join us in a Deer Drive? 155

A Real Hat Trick 159

Good News, Bad News! 163

The Improvised Lie-Detector Test 167

Cat Got Your Tongue? 173

Are You Lonesome Tonight? 177

Smoke Gets in Their Eyes 181

Excuse Me, Ma'am 185

One Man's Tragedy Saves Another Man's Life-Mine 191

An Albino Fisher? Come on, Jimbo! 199

Where's the Justice? 203

Wile E. Fox Finds a Home 207

Suddenly the Cider Didn't Taste so Good 213

About the Author 217

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