so he was a tramp,thief and poacher,in the 1930's the country was filled with guys like that, he got got his story told.i would suggest a reading of True North by Elliott Merrick.trappers in Labrador at the same time paddle and portage with what they can carry to the height of land and winter over in tiny cabins you can't turn around in.living on tea,bannock and partridge.after snowshoeing,they made those,and setting traps nite was spent in a "tilt" so small you could not stand or in the open wrapped in a blanket by a fire.in the spring they went back down river and sold the firs---so they could provide for their family!!..find and read the book if you want a dose of what honest people had to handle to make a life in the wilderness.