Jake Morrel
Former commercial floatplane pilot Jake Morrel gave it all up to pursue his dream of the wilderness life, and some 40 years later is telling the tale of hauling passengers and cargo and pulling a remote lodge up by its bootstraps. He and his wife Beth are currently enjoying retirement on their home airstrip, Morrel Field, outside Sangerville, Maine.
Website URL: http://www.hardscrabblelodge.com/
Jake Morrel has released a new memoir from conversations with long-time Maine Warden Service pilot Gary Dumond, in which he recounts a career of bush flying adventures in Maine's fish and game airborne fleet.
Pilot and author Jake Morrel has released Hardscrabble Lodge: True Maine Bush Flying Stories, a vivacious and colorful tale of his pursuit of a life in the wilderness of northwest Maine.