The Case of the Missing Game Warden, by Steven T. Callan

Veteran Northern California game warden Norman Bettis and his wife, Martha, lived an idyllic life in the small Sacramento Valley farm town of Gridley. On the morning of December 13, 1956, Norman kissed Martha on the forehead and drove off to work. He had no way of knowing he was destined to stumble into a rat’s nest of commercial duck poachers and disappear–patrol car and all.

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The Game Warden’s Son by Steven T. Callan

The Game Warden’s Son, by Steven T. Callan

Awarded “Best Outdoor Book” of 2016 by the Outdoor Writers Association of California The Game Warden’s Son (272 pages), is the new memoir by retired fish and game warden, Steven T. Callan. In a follow-up to his 2013 memoir, Badges, Bears, and Eagles, Callan relates a half century of adventures and investigations from the early…

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Badges, Bears, and Eagles, by Steven T. Callan

Badges, Bears, and Eagles by Steven T. Callan

Badges, Bears, and Eagles: The True-Life Adventures of a California Fish and Game Warden (240 pages), by Steven T. Callan, is a fascinating and often humorous collection of stories from Callan’s eventful and unusually successful career as a California fish and game warden. “This engrossing memoir by debut author Callan lets readers in on highlights…

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