The Great Bear: Contemporary Writings on the Grizzly - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0882403923 ISBN 13: 9780882403922

Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books, 1992

Synopsis

This fine collection of contemporary essays on grizzly bears, written by noted nature writers, will transport you to the places where the bear is sacred and a symbol of the wild.

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Review:

Bears haven't had the happiest of times in the last two centuries; like wolves and elephants, they serve as unhappy symbols of the failure of humans to come to terms with the natural world. John Murray, a prolific anthologist, gathers recent writing on one species, the grizzly, Ursus horribilis, in The Great Bear. Among other contributors, Rick Bass makes an appearance on the trail of a Montana giant. Ed Abbey, Doug Peacock, John McPhee, and Adolph Murie focus on remote areas in Alaska where grizzlies still enjoy large, mostly untroubled territories; and Aldo Leopold recounts a meeting with Old Ephraim high atop a mountain on the Arizona-New Mexico line. Murray's anthology is good bedside reading for bear enthusiasts.

About the Author:

John A. Murray has published more than 40 books, including Cinema Southwest, the winner of the Southwest Book Award, and Mythmakers of the West: Shaping America's Imagination. The editor of numerous nature anthologies, such as Out Among the Wolves, The Great Bear, and Fulcrum's Nature's New Voices.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0882403923
• ISBN 13: 9780882403922
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 245
• Editor: Murray John A