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MR. CLAYTON TOSH has more good 
tales about Jack Daniel than most folks can 
ever believe. 
He’ll tell you that Mr. Jack 
promised marriage to two 
girls at once in 1875; that 
nobody ever saw him with' 
out a coat and tie; and 
that he perfected a way of 
manufacturing his whiskey 
(called char' 
coal mellowing) that made 
it uncommonly smooth. Of 
course, there’s no one living 
who can vouch for the first 
two tales. But after a sip of 
Jack Daniel’s, most everyone 
goes along with the third. 
CHARCOAL 
MELLOWED 
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For the narrative of summer and au- 
tumn activities, the author turns west- 
ward to the Porcupine herd (named for 
the Porcupine River). That herd, still 
numbering about 100,000 animals, 
ranges impartially back and forth across 
the international boundary between 
Alaska and the Yukon Territory. The 
herd tends to calve in the United States 
and winter in Canada, crossing the bor- 
der several times each year. When the 
caribou cross the Porcupine River in 
autumn and spring, they are subject to a 
traditional Indian hunt, which Calef de- 
scribes graphically. 
For the sake of continuity, it might 
have been easier for the author, as well 
as the reader, if a single caribou herd 
had been chosen and followed through- 
out the year. Perhaps the author wished 
to show, through contrast between the 
herds and their habitat, how caribou 
have adapted to diverse biological and 
geographical conditions. 
An innovative technique is used to 
present each chapter in part I of the 
book. First, an accurate and entertain- 
ing narrative, designed perhaps for the 
lay reader, follows the caribou through a 
particular part of their annual cycle. 
Each narrative is followed by a more 
scientific account of the events of the 
same period. Additional details are 
given of the seasonal biology and ecol- 
ogy, as well as current thought in the 
dynamic and argumentative field of 
caribou — and predator — management. 
This dual approach comes off well in my 
view, despite some lingering doubts as to 
why it was done. Redundancy, which 
could become a great problem in using 
such a technique, has been avoided by 
the author. 
Part II, the shorter part of the book, 
describes the dependence of man on the 
caribou as a source of meat, hides, bone, 
antler, and perhaps spiritual well-being, 
from prehistoric times to the present. 
The thorny problems of management 
are described. While the author makes 
his feelings on some aspects of manage- 
ment clear in earlier text, it is here that 
he puts them all together. 
George Calef has studied caribou for 
a decade and, in that time, he has ob- 
served at all seasons the herds that he 
has described. Beyond his personal ex- 
perience with caribou, he is an expert 
synthesizer of information taken from 
many sources. He is also an accom- 
plished photographer. His 1 1 8 pictures, 
in color, depict not only the caribou but 
also a wide array of the fauna, flora, and 
the biogeography of the country. Ade- 
quate maps have been provided so that 
