{"product_id":"warden-force-terry-hodges-9781629672366","title":"Warden Force: Cold, Cold Hearts and Other True Game Warden Adventures: Episodes 39 - 49","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is not a novel\u003c\/strong\u003e. This book, like the other eight books of the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWARDEN FORCE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e series, is a collection of short stories, all true, the fascinating and often harrowing experiences of real game wardens pursuing armed violators in wild and remote places. TV shows such as \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWILD JUSTICE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (National Geographic), \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNORTH WOODS LAW\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (Animal Planet) and \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLONE STAR LAW\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (Animal Planet) introduced the public to the real-life adventures of game wardens and conservation officers, a public hungry for more. And now, for readers, the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWARDEN FORCE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e series provides the most exhaustive and comprehensive work in literature on this little known and often dangerous profession.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward winning author Terry Hodges was himself a California State Fish and Game warden and supervisor\/leader of game wardens for over 30 intense years. He writes with the authority possible only by those who have actually lived the life, who have actually packed a badge and a gun on behalf of wildlife and battled all manner of wildlife-destroying outlaws.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTrash Can Joe\u003c\/strong\u003e - Wardens pursue an infamous, outlaw hunting-guide who uses donuts to illegally bait bears. Meet \"The Black Robinhood.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCallous Hearts\u003c\/strong\u003e - A rogue band of meth-cooking deer poachers meets with misfortune.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRascal's Road to Justice\u003c\/strong\u003e - \"The world's greatest duck caller,\" as a renowned waterfowl violator bills himself, crows that he's too smart to be caught. His education to the contrary soon follows.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTrue Remorse\u003c\/strong\u003e - One of the coldest of the cold, cold hearts, pays a heavy price for extreme cruelty to a trapped bear.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTurkeys\u003c\/strong\u003e - The wardens meet a hardened criminal whose hobbies are turkey hunting and home-invasion robberies.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA Weekend with \"Starsky and Hutch.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - A swashbuckling pair of wardens cram a fourth-story, roof-to-roof foot chase in old San Francisco and heroic rescues from burning buildings into a single, memorable weekend.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Natural\u003c\/strong\u003e - A young woman proves that she was born to be a Fish and Game warden.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDirty Harry and Ape Island\u003c\/strong\u003e - A warden thinks his way out of a jam in this story that features a good-humored Highway Patrol sergeant and an ill-humored monkey.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLucky Breaks\u003c\/strong\u003e - A warden demonstrates his substantial tracking skills to put away an outlaw houndsman who traffics in bear gallbladders.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLobster Jake\u003c\/strong\u003e - An infamous lobster pirate teams with \"The Muppet,\" a character straight out of a nightmare.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCold, Cold Hearts\u003c\/strong\u003e - A California warden, at great risk to himself, flies to Alaska to help state troopers there deal with a team of highly dangerous, cruel and destructive grizzly poachers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Terry Hodges\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 162967236X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781629672366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wise Media Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Terry Hodges","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44067905569023,"sku":"9781629672366","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ebb9ad33-6046-40c4-8b0b-92c3f52d6e48.jpg?v=1685415958","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/warden-force-terry-hodges-9781629672366","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}