This Cider Still Tastes Funny!: Further Adventures of a Game Warden in Maine

by John Ford

Overview

John Ford Sr. returns to the outdoors of Maine with This Cider Still Tastes Funny! Further Adventures of a Game Warden in Maine, his follow-up to the highly popular and critically acclaimed Suddenly, the Cider Didn't Taste So Good. Ford is a retired Maine game warden, sheriff, and gifted storyteller who carved out a reputation as a man of the law, but one who wasn't a by-the-book enforcer. He often came up with a good quip as he slipped the handcuffs on a violator, and he wasn't above accepting a lesson learned as sufficient penalty for breaking the law. He was also more than willing to laugh at himself. As Kate Braestrup, author of the New York Times bestseller Here if you Need Me, said, John Ford's stories from his long career as a Maine game warden are offered with humility and good humor, and demonstrate an abiding affection for the land, creatures, and quirky characters of Maine. Ford is an appealing character, a great storyteller, and he's FUNNY.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781934031469
Publisher:	Islandport Press
Publication date:	05/06/2013
Pages:	200
Sales rank:	121,933
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(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 US Air Force. He spent his twenty-year warden career in Waldo County in central Maine. Upon his retirement in 1990, he was elected as county sheriff and reelected 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

I Gotta Go! 9

All Aboard 13

Free Willy 17

Modern-Day Robin Hood 25

What's in a Name? 33

Welcome to My World 37

Smell the Hands 43

For Better or Worse 49

Two Times a Loser 55

Pretty Damn Sharp, Wasn't He, John? 59

The Lead-Pipe Hat Attack 67

"Which One of You Damn Kids …" 73

Halloween and the Unity Square Crapper 79

The Flying Flashlight 85

Taking the Plunge 91

Lights Out 97

Mama, Mama, They've Had Babies! 103

Ralph's Biggest Buck 109

Confronting a Ghost 115

The Kenduskeag River Travesty 121

Professional Courtesy, My Foot! 127

Aided by Informants 133

Being Mr. Nice Guy 139

A Little Courtroom Humor 145

The Rolling Parachute 155

The Secret 161

Caught in a Lie 167

Something Fishy Here 173

Harvesting the Weed 177

The Snowmobile and the Hood 183

The Day President Reagan Was Shot 187

Surprise, Surprise 191

Memorial Day Memories 195

Where Was Kate When I Needed Her? 201

Jimmy and the Ice Chisel 207

A Better Use of the Finger 213

Just Another Day (Walter's Story) 217

Heeeere's Johnny! 223

A Night Out with Blinky 231

Popcorn, Moxie, and a Wet Hat 237

Epilogue: The Ultimate Sacrifice 241

About the Author 247