They Left a Wildlife Officer Tied to a Pine-But the Grizzly Reached for the Rope Instead of His Throat

but I had learned not to confuse being liked with doing the job.

Dean Rusk used to understand that distinction. So did Luke Danner.

We had grown up within five miles of one another. Dean taught me how to skip a flat stone across Huckleberry Creek.

Luke’s mother fed all three of us after football practice because my dad worked late and Dean’s house was continue reading …