"Tough Bears Don't Dance"
A Personal Collection of World-wide Hunting Experiences and Campfire Tales
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Personal hunting experiences of Ernest Abernathy in Africa, Alaska, Cuba, Colombia, Honduras, Canada's Lac Seul Wilderness, Maryland's Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, Botswana, Tanzania and others, wherein he encounters huge ten-foot Brown Bears, Medelin Drug Cartel Bosses, emerald smugglers, prostitutes, Russian "Freedom fighters," Mau Mau terrorists, murder, charging lion and elephants, multiple dog bites, Castro's Cuba, lost and freezing (twice, in the Alaskan penisula and Lac Seul Wilderness), witch doctors, organizing an International Fishing tournament with the Cuban Minister of Tourism, a good Cuban cigar story, and where Ernest met a host of different good-hearted,fun-loving people who also loved the outdoors, cared about wildlife conservation, and the animals they hunted, as well as the evenings spent together by the campfire and the tales they weaved there.
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"Tough Bears Don't Dance" continues Ernest's experiences in far-flung hunting vistas that include Alaska and its peninsula, Castro's Cuba, Colombia, Honduras Canada's Lac Seul Wilderness, the Eastern Shore of Maryland's Chesapeake Bay for Canada Geese, and a revisit to some of Africa where the hunting in these tales of adventure take a back seat to saving his life, as well as encounters with emerald smugglers, the Colombian Medelin Cartel bosses, prostitution, confrontation with Russian "freedom fighters "from Nicaragua's revolution, murder, and withch doctors, being attacked by a rqavenoous bear a a Cuban dog, being lost in a frozen wilderness tundra, and assorted otyher interesteing distractions, with a little humor tossed into the mix now and then.
About the Author
To become a doctor, Ernest Abernathy worked a myriad of blue-collar jobs, earned a Kentucky Wesleyan College degree in chemistry, Emory University Medical School M.D. Graduate work at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, L.S.U.'s Charity Hospital, and University of California Affiliate made him into a board Qualified General Surgeon. He did cancer research and clinical research of virus illnesses. As a combat surgeon with the 82nd Airborne, he was awarded a Bronze Star. More than 7,000 hospital surgeries and 688,000 office visits attest to his dedication to this fellow man. His travels include forty-three countries, four continents, four oceans, swamps, and deserts. He produced concerts with country artists like John Anderson, Deena Carter, BR-549, and jazz artists like Spyro Gyra. His paintings are held in private collections in twelve states and nine countries. Ernest and Mary were married in Gibraltar and now reside in St. Petersburg and Atlanta.