Grizzlies & White Guys: The Stories of Clayton Mack

by Clayton Mack

Book Overview

The extraordinary life story of Clayton Mack (1910-1993), a legendary hunting guide from the Nuxalk Nation (Bella Coola), is told in his own words. To Clayton Mack, who loved the wilderness and whose most precious memories were of the days when people got around without roads, told time without watches, and took planks from giant cedars without axes, the two most mysterious creatures on earth were grizzly bears and Q'umsciwas (white men) -...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550170899
• ISBN13: 9781550170894
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Harbour Publishing
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A wonderful storyteller about days gone forever

Clayton Mack was a great hunter, trapper, guide, and amiable storyteller. He's seen it all. Told from a Native-American --and a humanist--perspective, he says his mama told him "The only thing you should be scared of are Grizzlies, and White guys", and he tells some very funny stories about his encounters with both in the deep woods of British COlumbia. I loved this book.

honest, funny and poignant stories of the Canadian Woods.

A Bela Coola Indian Chief of the isolated West Coast of Canada, Clayton Mack lived by salmon fishing, ranching, trapping and eventually became the most famous big game hunting guide in his area. He guided the rich and famous including Thor Hierdahl and Joe Brooks. His stories are simultaneously riotous and poignant tales of life amongst grizzlies and the often bizarre 'white hunters' who preyed upon the majestic bears. Written from taped interviews with Mack the book preserves his voice and conveys the essence of life as a native in a land dominated by white people. Honest and unromanticised stories about hunting, the Norht Woods and life as a Native. A unique book.