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This book is about bears. Over 150 poets, such as Hayden Carruth, Billy Collins, Mary Crow, Ruth Daigon, Jim Harrison, George Keithley, Galway Kinnell, Maxine Kumin, Ursula LeGuin, Judith Minty, N. Scott Momaday, Mary Oliver, Adrienne Rich, Kay Ryan, Gary Snyder, Susan Terris and others, write about bears as they exist in the wild and in our minds. Bears occupy a "most favored animal" status in the spiritual lives of many people and cultures, from the deep past to the present day.Their myths are rich and varied.The poems are divided into seven categories: nature, dreams, myths, persona, misc., encountered, endangered. The book is full of illustrations.8 1/2 x 10, perfect bound, full color cover. $1 from the sale of each book will be donated to groups striving to preserve bears and their habitats. ... Read more

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Poetry & Bears go well together!
Like poetry? Want to know more about bears? This book is a MUST. It's a big, generous collection of bear poems about every imaginable kind of bear: grizzlies, brown bears, teddy bears, chain saw bear sculptures, bears of Native American legend, etc. etc. etc. You name the bear and he or she may be found in this collection. The collection has moving poems, funny ones, spiritual ones. And in the course of reading this book, you'll learn a lot about the temperament, behavior, and habitats of these huge and wonderful creatures. GRRRRR would make a wonderful gift book as a read-aloud for poetry lovers of all ages. ... Read more

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A Shadow in the Forest: Idaho's black bear
An excellent book full of great scientific data from an extended study. For those of us that want detailed data for a greater understanding of these magnificent creatures, this book is a must!!!

Review of a Shadow In The Forest
I was deeply disappointed in this book. It reads like a graduate student's thesis; full of statistics and graphs. I guess this is o.k., if one is interested in raw data. But, as for the average reader, it might take some effort to complete it and not just "skip through" to the end, which is what I did.

At the begining of each chapter, one of the authors tells an aluring story which captures the reader's imagination and interest, but the book immediately reverts to the same old boring statistics.

This is a graduate study paper made into a book.

Outstanding book by two Idaho bear biologists
Most books about bears are filled with nonsense and drivel; A Shadow In The Forest provides facts you can trust from two Idaho bear biologists. Outstanding. I'm the author of Backcountry Bear Basics, and this is one of the few books about bears I can recommend with no reservations. ... Read more

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Her story begins as an Ursid Shirley Temple, a cute blond phenom amid the real-life Shangri la of Glacier National Park's most scenic mountain valley. In time, however, the curtsying knockout zoomed to Princess Diana-sized celebrity, demanding more than admiring glances and the flashing bulbs of paparazzi cameras. It was those outsized demands and an ever-growing haughtiness that attracted official attention. ... Read more

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Most Awesome Book I Have Ever Read
This is the most awesome book I have ever read, and I love to read. This is a must-read for anyone who is interested in wildlife. Besides being totally intriguing, it can change the very way you look at life. Roland Cheek always puts out great books, but he hit the jackpot with this one!

chocolate legs
The book Chocolate Legs by Roland Cheek is worth reading. He describes the Story line really well and he tells in realistic detail. Roland Cheek writes about things about the problems that they had with the bear. I would recommend this book to anyone even if they weren't from Montana.

Chocolate Legs
I love the folksy style of author Roland Cheek. He is not a bear biologist, but he knows his bears!!!I just finished reading this book for a second time, and I feel another star is due. Maybe the best part of this book is that Roland Cheek is NOT A BEAR BIOLOGIST!!!!

A Pleasure, as always.
Thanks again for yet another Montana Masterpiece. Your blend of fact and personal insight into the lives of bears was a most enjoyable experience. I read most of the book while traveling abroad and it made me feel like I was still home in Whitefish. Way to go Roland!! By the way, it was great meeting you and Jane. ... Read more

Amazon.com

Bears, those massive residents of forests and mountains around the world, are creatures of astonishing antiquity. When ancestral humans migrated out of Africa hundreds of thousands of years ago, bears were likely among the first creatures to greet them as they passed into Europe and Asia. Bears have weathered the encounter badly, writes biologist Lance Craighead, and especially in recent years with the rise of powerful firearms. Of the eight living species of bears worldwide, he observes, only two are not endangered or threatened.

Craighead, who has spent more than 40 years studying bears in the wild, is an authoritative, literate guide into their world, and this slender book is a wonderful education in all things ursine. He discusses the genetic ancestry and life history of bear species past and present and gives notes on current views of ursine evolution--by which, for example, polar bears are considered to have descended from some brown-bear-like generalist and thence to have specialized "to exploit an unused carnivorous niche, the marine mammals of the polar ice pack." Craighead includes giant pandas, sun bears, sloth bears, and South American spectacled bears in his discussion, although the bulk of the book is devoted to bears of the world's boreal regions.

Craighead's text is matched with handsome color photographs that illustrate aspects of the bears' habitat and sometimes playful, sometimes dangerous behavior. The book is a fine addition to any wildlife lover's library. --Gregory McNamee ... Read more

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Doubles as a coffee table addition
Bears Of The World doubles as a coffee table addition and as a generalist's natural history of bears, describing the history, behavior, and habitats of all the world species of bear from the panda to the sloth. More than a eye-catching set of photo, Bear conservation and natural history are thoroughly covered in the process. ... Read more

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Of all the perils and wonders encountered by Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, none so perfectly represents the enduring mystique of the western wilderness as does the grizzly bear. In this adventure-filled book, historian-naturalist Paul Schullery celebrates the expedition's rich legacy of grizzly lore in light of modern scientific knowledge and separates the legends from the even more thrilling realities. (6 x 9, 256 pages, b&w photos, illustrations) ... Read more

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gripping account of Southeast Asian exploration and research
Another great book by Sy Montgomery, a gifted natural history and travel writer. In this work she focuses on her search for a new animal, officially unknown to science, the golden moon bear. Is it a color phase of a known bear, the normally black moon bear? Or perhaps a subspecies of it? Or even a new species altogether, the first new bear species to be described in almost a century? Accompanied by the gifted American biologist Dr. Gary J. Galbreath and Sun Hean, a young and promising Cambodian conservationist, they search throughout Southeast Asia for evidence and accounts of the elusive golden moon bear. Traveling all through Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand, from illegal back alley markets selling endangered species parts to remote forest reserves threatened by encroaching refugees, illegal logging, and poachers to charity-run wildlife rehabiliation centers to dwindling primitive hill tribes vanishing in the face of approaching civilization, their time-honored wisdom of the ways of the forest dying with them, their quest is a long, wild, and sometimes dangerous one. Montgomery and her companions must face all manner of possible threats, from unexploded ordinance from the Vietnam War (Laos being one of the most bombed nations in world history) to concealed land mines deep in the jungle (a legacy of the Khmer Rouge, having left thousands of mines in Cambodia which frequently claim lives and limbs to this day) to warring hill tribes, opium growers, poachers, huge leeches, jungle illnesses; it would seem only their passion and thirst for knowledge kept them going.

This book has been described as a mystery, and rightly so. As they proceed down tangled jungle trails and even more tangled urban ones, the mystery deepens. Is there only one possible new species of bear haunting the rain forests and mountains of Southeast Asia or are there more? Locals in various areas speak of other new bear species, not matching descriptions of the golden moon bear, telling Montgomery and the others of "horse bears," "dog bears," "pig bears," and "man bears." Others speak of "honey bears" or huge compleletly black mountain bears, lacking the distinct markings of moon bears. Are these local variants of the two species of bears known to live in Southeast Asia, the sun bear and the moon bear? Perhaps they are new populations of more distant bear species, such as the brown bear and the sloth bear? Or do they represent altogether new species?
Not daunted by this but becoming even more enthusiastic they do their best to expand the frontiers of zoology and answer these questions.

The book focuses mainly on bears but other wildife is given some attention. Learn about the dholes, wild rare, red Asian dogs once venerated and protected by Laotian hill tribes. The Asian elephant, still revered by many in the region, particularly in Thailand; in Thai newspapers an elephant's age is always mentioned with his name, and honorific titles are bestowed, Pang for lady elephant, Pai for tuskers, and Sidor for tuskless males. The khting vor, an enigmatic animal first described in 1993, originally said to be a new type of wild ox, later a type of wild sheep or goat, an animal about which Montgomery makes some surprising revelations about.

However, more than the natural history of these animals Montgomery brings to readers their plight, that they are in danger of extinction. A rampant black market for animal parts, largely for medicinal purposes, threatens the very existence of some of Southeast Asia's more spectacular wildlife. Bears are captured and savagely and cruely harvested for their paws, made into soups which are more "powerful" if the animal is still alive when the paw is removed. Montgomery describes in heart-rending detail how animals are inhumanely abused and tortured in the region for the supposed exlirs and potions that they can produce, even when substitute are cheaply and easily avaiable through man-made sources.

Perhaps even worse than the market for animal parts is the simple extermination of animals for food. Montgomery describes nearly empty forests in Laos, where virtually every wild animal, from insect to civet to song bird to bat to bear and tiger are collected for the dinner table. Barrels full of smoked bats and empty caves, skewered songbirds and silent sunrises - and worse -are the result in a virtual wildlife holocaust.

As in other books by Sy Montgomery the book is a much a travelogue as a work of natural history. Particularly fascintating were her travels in remote, poorly known Laos, one of the most enigmatic nations in the world. A poor nation but rich in diversity - Laos posseses 240 ethnic groups and four ethnolinguistic families, ethnic minorities making up 70 percent of the population, and over 13,000 genetic varieties of rice are cultivated in the country, with only India, one hundred times the land area, having more - to me the book was worthwhile alone for educating me about this country. The book provides similiar interesting details on Cambodia and Thailand as well.

In closing I recommend this book highly. Does Montgomery get her bear(s)? Find out by reading the book. As often in science, the answers often lead to still more questions, and the book admitedly does not have a final, definitive answer on all the qestions raised. However, I think you will be greatly satisfied upon reading this great book.

Sy Montgomery Does It Again!
Sy Montgomery has written another of her enchanting books about animals. Who would ever believe that trying to chase down the geneology of a bear could lead to such excitement? It's trite to say,"It's a thrill a minute!" but that is the feeling as Sy tears across Cambodia where nobody goes because the whole damn place is covered with land mines. One good thing comes from this in that people have stopped denuding the forest in order to keep both legs on their bodies. Sy tells us that one in 236 Cambodians is an amputee from the land mines. If you were fortunate enough to hear Sy review her book at various venues around the country, you got to see fascinating and sometimes gruesome slides as she takes us on her magic carpet. Sy is magical when she starts writing about her beloved natural world, as thousands know from reading her columns in the Boston Globe.

If you didn't make it to Sy's book review, you will be delighted to know that the slides are included in the beautifully illustrated book.

Here is a writer who is meticulous in the accuracy of her writing but still thrills us with her enthusiasm for the subject. If you only read one book this year, it has to be SEARCH FOR THE GOLDEN MOON BEAR. It's a shame that I can't give it more than Five Stars. What the heck, I give it Six Stars. So shoot me Amazon.com!

Sy's Search Hits Paydirt Again
As a fellow "naturalist-author," I've long been an admirer of Sy Montgomery's work - no matter which jungle this diminutive, intrepid, high-spirited lady is leading a reader through. She's introduced me to great apes in Africa, man-eating tigers in India, pink dolphins in the Amazon. Her latest "Search for the Golden Moon Bear" is, I think, her most ambitious and perilous quest yet.
It's also Sy's most heart-wrenching. For these marvelous, previously-unknown creatures of Southeast Asia are visible, for the most part, only in cages where they've been penned. Sy's pursuit of the golden moon bear is in the company of scientist Gary Galbreath. I don't want to give away her many adventures, but suffice that Cambodia and Laos today remain places not to be visited by the faint of heart.
Which is one thing Sy Montgomery can never be accused of being. Her descriptive prose of animals and landscapes is right up there with the best of contemporary nature writers. Her latest book is also an eloquent plea for conservation of the endangered species whose various organs and body parts are tragically finding their way into dozens of "traditional medicine" marketplaces. As she writes of the golden moon bear, "You look into her eyes as you would look at the stars, their light crossing eons, alien, eternal and mute."
If you read only one wildlife adventure book this season, make it this one!

A wild ride !
Search for the Golden Moon Bear is a wild ride! Montgomery takes us through unexplored jungles, war-torn Cambodia, bomb-strewn Laos, and corrupt Thailand to meet some of the most bizarre and beautiful creatures on earth in search of what could prove to be a new species. I won't give away the ending, but it's not what you (nor Montgomery and her scientist-companion Northwestern biologist Gary Galbreath) expect!
This book has everything: travel, mystery, science, and gorgeous pictures (the first ever published in the Western hemisphere) of a bear previously unknown to science. But it is about so much more than bears, and so much more than science.
Those who don't understand animals might criticize Montgomery for anthropomorphizing the creatures about whom she writes. But this is one of those rare books that combines science, story and spirit--as truth usually does. Search for the Golden Moon Bear is a book full of surprising truths. Although it takes place in a former war zone, this is a book full of hope--as well as humor. It is a testament to the glorious fact that great discoveries still await us in the new century. If you care about science, adventure, travel or animals, this is the book for you--read and rejoice!
--A reader from California

Scientific adventuring through Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand.
Whether she is "Walking with the Great Apes," canoeing the Sundarbans for tigers, or, in this case, exploring Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos seeking the golden moon bear, Sy Montgomery single-mindedly seeks out rare animals, refusing to limit her searches to "safe" areas. Facing land-mines in Cambodia, warring tribes of "drug-selling headhunters" on the Thai border with Myanmar (Burma), poachers in Laos, and a poverty-stricken Laotian society in which people eat virtually all insect and animal life (including bats, rats, and animal placentas), Montgomery attempts to track down a golden bear with Mickey-Mouse-type ears and a black mane, thought to be a variety of moon bear, and unlike any other bear known to science, possibly "the scientific finding of a lifetime."

Frustrated by a search in which all the animals she seeks are found in cages in the city or living, confined, in remote refuges and zoos, Montgomery tries to identify and find the bears' native habitats, describing the bears' importance in local culture and the myths and legends which have grown up around them. Through interviews with native wildlife experts, local tribes, and even Hmong refugees in Skokie, Illinois, she tries to capture their fading memories of bear types to see if there is, in fact, an unknown bear species.

A writer, rather than a hard scientist, Montgomery is often lyrical in her descriptions, romantic (some would say excessively so) in her observations and imagery: "Emerging from the deathly still of hibernation, out of gravelike dens, bears rise, Christlike from the dead." She tends to anthropomorphize her subjects--a bear "reminded me of a street waif," a civet "stared at us defiantly," and a pleated gibbon was "stunned and hopeless." Overcome by emotion at one point, she enters a cage of bears at feeding time because she "wanted to make them an offering, to be part of an exchange of food for blessing."

Less clearly focused and concentrated than her other books, Search for the Golden Moon Bear becomes less a search than a travelogue by the midpoint of Montgomery's book, as she and the scientists and aides who accompany her continue their explorations into remote and dangerous areas of southeast Asia. Montgomery fans will undoubtedly find this latest adventure fascinating, despite its disappointing conclusions and ominous implications for the future. Mary Whipple, for Amazon.com. ... Read more

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Beauty within the beast
As many in this world know, very few will experience the Bear. Dr. Stringham skillfully shares his experience with the Ursus kind in a manner which allows the laymen to touch this creature in the comfort of the armchair.

I have much respect for what Steve has done, both in this book and his career, and hope that my words may spread the message that is contained in this book. I truly know that this will become a classic; in the true spirit of Michio Hoshino...Please write more Steve!

Real Life Adventure
Few of us will ever have the opportunities that Dr. Stringham has had, to live intimately with wild animals on a daily baisis and observe them close at hand. Dr. Stringham has written an enchanting and engaging accout of raising three wild bear cubs in the Alaskan wilderness. Bears have been revealed as intelligent and adaptive creatures who occupy a unique niche in the American wilderness, comparable to the niche primates occupy in Africa. This book is exciting, highly readable and hard to put down. Dr. Stringham is not only a gifted wildlife biologist, but a gifted writer; his descriptions are beautiful. I love this book, as has every other person I know who has had the fortune to read it. Christine Nicolayeff

Kinship with Bears
Beauty, personality, kin, children, learning beings--what a picture of these brown bears we are given, by Dr. Stringham. The previous reviewer (blessed282) has describe the beautiful attributes of this book well. I can only add: It is wonderful. I can't wait for his next one!

An Awesome Book
Reading this book was a privilege. The author writes with a sensitive and wonderfully descriptive style. I found myself fascinated from the moment I picked it up until I put it down. It is at once an adventure, and a love story of an unusual kind. In reading this book, I felt his reverence for wild animals, particularly for bears, and I learned to look at them as something far more than I had before. I was not overwhelmed by the science in the book, because it was so skillfully interwoven with his description of raising three black bear cubs. Dr. Stringham has created a treasure, and I highly recommend it. ... Read more

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True wilderness shots that capture grizzlies at their most fearsome, as well as their most gentle moments, are the hallmark of Kennan Ward's award-winning photography, and "Grizzlies in the Wild" is a showcase for this incredible work. The text is Ward's own, rich with personal experience and insight, as well as natural history, legend and lore about the bear. It reveals much about his deep respect and abiding admiration for the grizzly bear - one of the most feared, yet loved mammals in North America. ... Read more

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Kennan Ward is a wonderful, dedicated outdoor photographer.
During a recent trip to Alaska where I was photographing Grizzly bears, I wanted to acquire a book or two that would be good representations of professional bear photography. I looked at many (and there are many good ones). Of the outstanding books I previewed, none were more professional and complete than Ward's. He is the consummate naturalist, always getting his pictures, but never to the detriment of the animal. He has many interesting stories to tell, and he tells them well. The cover photo is fantastic, and it is rivaled by many more inside the book. I have looked through this book several times since I returned from my trip, and it is a fine reminder of the Great Land... and a great animal. Thank you Mr. Ward.

Captivating portrait of Grizzlies in natural environment!
As a former National Park Ranger, a naturalist, and a professional wildlife photographer, Kennan Ward presents a captivating view of grizzly bears in their natural surroundings. I was left in awe of these magnificent creatures.

FASCINATING ADVENTURE, COMPELLING PHOTOGRAPHY,RAW AND TRUE
Kennan Ward: "Grizzlies in the wild":This is the stuff that gets a "couch potato" out to the campsites! Nature at it's extreme, Indian legend, bears so huge and unique that they are known far and wide by their names alone, Carniverous and dangerous, the author respects them all. The tenacity of ward's pursuits and his dedication as a photographer, brings us one of the most informative, entertaining, inspiring and picturesque books that I've read in a very long time. ... Read more

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The year 2000 saw a phenomenal increase in bear attacks on humans. Both black and grizzly bears across the continent attacked humans at an astonishing rate.Is this the result of continuing intrusion into wild habitats by humans, or are other invironmental or climatic factors at play? In Bear vs Man, writer-photographer Brad Garfield chronicles resent bear attacks through dramatic photographs and text, interviewing the victims who survived, and the search crews of those who didn't. Along with the attack stories, Garfield discusses the various reasons for the alarming increase in the attacks, instructs readers on new methods and equiptment that can protect people during an attack, and offers tips on how to behave traveling in bear country so as not to become a victim. Lastly, he compiles his knowledge of how to photograph bears in the wild while still remaining safe and causing no harm to these amazingly powerful animals. ... Read more

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Great Book! Informative fantastic phy & very entertaining...
Cover to Cover this book grabs you and doesn't let you go until you finish it. It is filled with beautiful photography and hair-raising accounts between man and beast. It is a great read...

Bear vs Man
This book chronicles recent attacks in a straight forward but not very interesting or original way. The stories of the attacks are told second hand as they were told originally. I know this as my husband is one of the featured chapters.

Chronicles many recent bear attacks
There's been an increase in the amount of incidents involving bears and men, and Brad Garfield's Bear vs. Man chronicles many of these recent bear attacks, with photos and stories told by victims who survived. Insights on bear behavior accompany advice on what to do when a bear is encountered. ... Read more

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This handy pack-sized book contains the essential tips you needto reduce the risk of being injured by a bear to the slimmest possiblemargin, and it's written for beginners and experts.This book is for: Day Hikers; Tent Campers; Hunters; Anglers; Outfitters; Backpackers;Trail Runners; Mountain Bikers; Backcountry Horsemen; Photographers;and anyone else who plans to spend time in bear country. Going intobear country can be frightening for some people, but it doesn't have tobe.Don't let fear ruin your trip.The information contained in thisbook can help you build the confidence and peace of mind you need toenjoy your vacation.Instead of taking fear with you, take Bear Awarewith you. ... Read more

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Perfect Companion for any excursion into Bear Country
"Bear Aware' does all the right things. It dispells alot of myths about bears (yes, they can swim; no, they're not always slow and can outrun a human if motivated).It notes the differences between Black and Grizzly - the 2 species found in North America, but cautions you to treat both as potentially dangerous. It provides lots of useful guidelines to minimize your chances of encountering bears - from travelling on the trail to selecting a campsite and storing food. It reminds us that for all our knowledge, bears are unpredictable and there is no such thing as 100% bear safe (unless your watching the Discovery Channel special from your futon at home or can fly).

The 1st 60 pages are devoted to prevention, the 1st priority, according to the author. The 2nd would be protection. Firemarms, noise, aggression and pepper spray are all covered. Encountering a bear is discussed next. Special precautions for women, hunters, bikers and photographers are given special consideration, as well. Finally, living in Bear Country and a short essay on Bear conservation.
Excellent!

Also, try "Mountain Lion Alert", another outstanding Falcon Guide.

As much advice as anyone can give you.
In this tiny book is as much advice as anyone can give a person who is headed for Grizzly Brown Bear country. Read it before heading into the woods but keep it in your backpack while camping for review.

Thorough advice
I read this book right after I finished "Mark of the Grizzly" because quite frankly, after reading that book, one does not desire to spend too much time in bear country. Where I go hiking/camping, there are black bears and grizzly bears. How you react to each one could be the difference between a good story and a gruesome mauling. However, it is nearly impossible to find comprehensive advice for dealing with black bears. This author does just that. He discusses both types of bears. He covers behavioral differences and offers advice on how to react in a slew of situations. He also provides "catch-all" advice in the event that you can't accurately identify the type of bear you have encountered (which has happened to us - I credit the author for my ability to keep a clear head when we encountered the bear). This book is quick to read, and I do so every year as a refresher.

Everything you can know about avoiding bear encounters
This little book reminds me of the old saying "If I'd had more time, I'd have written a shorter book." It's a quick read. It's back-pocket size, and it's about as much as anyone can tell you about staying as safe as possible in bear country. No one should frequent bear country without having read this book.... at least twice. ... Read more

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Much of our considerable fascination with the grizzly bear is perhaps due to our unsettling kinship with it.Man and bear are omnivorous, predatory, intelligent...each at the top of his respective food chain.Each has little to fear from any creature...except themselves and the other.

The heroine of this narrative is a female grizzly who has just emerged from hibernation with two wobbly-legged cubs in tow.For seven months, from thaw to freeze, we follow the daily life of this family on their home range in Yellowstone Park.

"In this wise, balanced, brilliantly researched book, Thomas McNamee has given us an outstanding and exemplary work of natural history."(Publisher's Source) ... Read more

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Everything you had no idea you wanted to know about grizzly
"Grizzly Bear" is everything you had no idea you wanted to know about our largest predators. It's a real page turner, reads like a novel ... Read more

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This unique book is an amazing collection of photographs, information and stories about one of North America's most feared species. The numerous sidebars in this Altitude SuperGuide highlight human interest items as well as the cultural and ecological relationships between bears and humans. ... Read more

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Outstanding, up-to-date Natural History
Bears: Monarch's of the Northern Wilderness, by Wayne Lynch, is the best all-around natural history on bears; Van Tighem's book isn't quite as rich in natural history, but includes more practical information on safety in bear country, and environmental issues affecting bears. With spring black bear hunting a contentious issue in various parts of North America, so called "experts" writing for hook and bullet magazines have reassured readers that you don't have to worry about accidentally mistaking females for males, because cubs rarely leave their mother's side. Wrong. Van Tighem notes that a study near Canada's Riding Mountain National Park found that "when female black bears investigate bait stations, they usually leave their cubs behind."

This book is filled with well-documented facts about bears. It's well-written, too. It doesn't read like a boring scientific paper. Van Tighem touches on a lot of politically sensitive issues affecting bears but doesn't have a shrill voice at all; instead, he let's the facts speak for themselves. Excellent book. ... Read more