Book - Adirondack Dick: Richard K. "Dick" Wood 1895-1977 trapper

Description

Below is the Foreword from the book below that are the chapter titles.  The book is 310 pages with 260 photographs.  Please look for my four other books about Walter Arnold, EJ Dailey, Walter A. Gibbs and the Triumph Trap Company.
A brief overview of Dick’s life was previously included in the Trap Collector’s Guide, Second Edition, published in early 2016.
Because of deadlines and space restrictions, the article was more of an overview of his life.
I wanted to create a more thorough history of this man highlighting the many positive impacts he had on the world.
This book is my contribution to his legacy.
Best known in the trap collecting community for his work with the Triumph Trap Company and his escapades with Elric J. “E.J.” Dailey in the Adirondacks, Richard K. “Dick” Wood greatly influenced the outdoor writing and photography community as well.
Early in his career, his articles mainly graced the copies of the Triumph Trap Company literature and the magazine called Fur News, which was later called Fur News and Outdoor World.
Dick’s articles told stories of his country wide trapping adventures or specifics on catching all types of furbearer species.
Many of his articles included references to Daniel Boone, sourdough trappers or the finding of some kind of mecca.
Research for this book led me to read many of Dick’s articles – over 300 in total.
Although I may not have used information from all of them in this book, I have listed them at the end in chronological order for those interested in mapping his progression as a writer.
I know that I do not have all of them.
If you happen to find one that I do not have, I would appreciate it if you would send me a copy.
Articles from other sources are provided in chronological order as well.
I referenced many E.J. Dailey articles as Dick and E.J. shared many experiences on the trap line.
I used a very basic system for documenting references: article name, department (if needed), name of publication, name of author and date.
This book is a compilation of Dick’s stories and escapades written in his words as much as possible.
I compressed his stories to maximize space but also tried to use the same terminology as he did.
I tried to put his articles together in a cohesive format which I hope you enjoy.
At times, Dick would combine fiction and nonfiction.
I tried to include only nonfiction.
If I could put Dick at a specific location on a specific day, I included the date as Dick included dates on some of his articles.
In a few instances, Dick published the same general story with different details in different magazines years apart.
My impression was that the article published earlier was more factual as sometimes impressive details were added to the second publishing of the story.
This made me question why that information was not included the first time the story was published.
Later in life, he focused more on his first love of photography and wrote articles focusing on that.
His photographs are published in many books, magazines and brochures dating from 1915 to today.
All photographs in this book were taken by Dick unless otherwise noted.
Most included are high resolution scans of original photographs.
In a very few cases, high resolution scans from newspapers and magazines were utilized.
Photographs were not touched up in any way, so the reader will see less than perfect images in some instances.
Dick made a couple of interesting comments about the collection of antiques.
In 1924, Dick thought that those who had a collection of antique books on Western Americana, not only had an interesting library, but also had a profitable investment.
Dick believed that books about Western Americana were becoming scarcer and more valuable each year.
I bet most collectors have heard a similar comment about antiques.
Another comment of particular interest to antique trap collectors was from a 1971 letter.
In this letter, Dick responds to an inquiry about him writing a book on the history of the steel trap.
Dick asked the question, “Would there be enough interest, or market, for such a work?”
As you read through this book, you will find comments made by Dick long ago which came true.
Dick was a forward thinker always busy with improving himself.
Contents
Foreword…………………………………………………………………...……...4
Chapter 1.
The Early Years………………………………………………...……..6
Chapter 2.
The Triumph Trap Company…………………………………...……23
Chapter 3.
Fur News……………………………………………..………...…..103
Chapter 4.
Motor Camping…………………………..…………..……….……116
Chapter 5.
Superior National Forest…………………………………………...124
Chapter 6.
Elric J. Dailey……………………………………………...……….151
Chapter 7.
Walter A. Gibbs…………………………………………...………..162
Chapter 8.
Hunting……………………………………………………...……...168
Chapter 9.
Fishing………………………………………………………..…….182
Chapter 10.
Articles and Books…………………………..……………..……..220
Chapter 11.
Photography and Advertising………………………………..……231
Chapter 12.
Passions…………………………………………………….……..257
Beulah and Inez………………………………………………...257
Outdoor Writers Association of America…………....................264
Tobacco…………………………………..…………………......270
Chapter 13.
Odds and Ends……………………………………………….........274
Travel…………………………………………………………...274
Assistant Conservation Officer……………………....................275
The Museum of the Cherokee Indian……………………..........276
Retirement…………………………………………....................277
Chapter 14.
Legacy…………………………………………………….………279
References by Other Authors in Chronological Order…………………………281
References by Dick Wood in Chronological Order…………………………….386
References by Dick Wood with a Missing Component in Alphabetic Order…..307