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Let's Go for a Ride is the story of William (Bill) Livezey's
thirty-year career in the Maine Warden Service. Heralded as "one of
the best covert investigators in the country" by Maine Warden
Service Lieutenant Dan Scott, Bill is the agency's longest-tenured
undercover operative, having spent twenty years in the Special
Investigations Unit. "Let's go for a ride" is the universal bad-guy
code for breaking the law. Among Maine's most sinister wildlife
offenders, its utterance is prone to incite alcohol-fueled night
hunting, high-speed car chases on winding country roads, drug
dealing, arson, and attempted murder. The worst of the worst were
Bill Livesey's bread and butter. His success at putting the truly
bad guys out of business was driven by his upbringing as one of
them. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Bill's father was a
successful businessman whose blind ambition sent him down the dark
path of drug trafficking. It wasn't long before young Bill was
tagging along and doing drugs with his dad. The aftermath of
witnessing his father perish in a fiery standoff with police sent
Bill spiraling out of control. He lashed out at law enforcement by
dealing drugs, and he numbed the pain and confusion by doing them.
Deep down, Bill knew his life was broken. When a high school
football teammate invited him to attend a Fellowship of Christian
Athletes meeting, he discovered his faith and a new path.
Before reality TV, GPS devices, and dashboard computers, there was
a coming of age for the Maine Warden Service. It was a time when a
compass, map, and one's wits were what mattered most in the field.
Every day offered the potential for an exciting new adventure, many
of which endangered the wardens' lives. Recreating the full warden
experience, Open Season includes 20 stories from two former
colonels, two lieutenants, two sergeants, four district wardens, a
warden pilot, and one currently active-duty corporal. Altogether,
their cumulative experiences account for more than 300 years of
north woods law. In addition to hair-raising, life-and-death
scenarios, the collection covers moments such as a child innocently
outing his parents as "looking for deer" at night, the doldrums of
a stakeout, and the grief of tragedy. You'll live through the eyes
of these twelve wardens and feel the excitement of a twig snapped
in the dark...the frustration of second guessing yourself when
lives are at stake...and the duty to do what's right, even when it
means breaking the law.
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