If you're hoping to someday catch a glimpse of the imposing and powerful grizzly bear, you'll have to take a trek through the Northern Rockies, Canada, or Alaska. Having once roamed the entire continent of North America, the population of grizzlies in the lower 48 states has been nearly wiped out by aggressive hunting. First published in 1955, this classic work by one of America's beloved outdoor writers pays homage to the Pleistocene Era's most "pugnacious and extraordinary" survivor, the grizzly bear. As you read about the once scientifically classified Ursus horribilis, you'll learn about this powerful recluse's role in Native American rituals and myths, and relive the encounters early explorers and mountain men experienced with grizzlies. "Observing and studying grizzly bears," McCracken thoughtfully observed, "has proved to be far more gratifying than all the hunting I have done."
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...should appeal to wildlife history buffs and nature enthusiasts. (Robert Armstrong Minneapolis Star Tribune )
An enduring homage to the grizzly bear. (The Bookwatch )
An enduring homage to the grizzly bear, and ranges from their role in Native American myths; to their first scientific classification in 1815; to their near-extinction in the lower 48 states. Very highly edition to Wildlife Studies reference collections. (Bookwatch )
An enduring homage to the grizzly bear. (The Bookwatch )
An enduring homage to the grizzly bear, and ranges from their role in Native American myths; to their first scientific classification in 1815; to their near-extinction in the lower 48 states. Very highly edition to Wildlife Studies reference collections. (Bookwatch )
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Harold McCracken, the first director of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming, was the author of over twenty books on the West, nature, biography, and art.
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An enduring homage to the grizzly bear,
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This review is from: The Beast That Walks Like Man: The Story of the Grizzly Bear (Paperback)
Originally published in 1955, The Beast That Walks Like Man: The Story Of The Grizzly Bear is an enduring homage to the grizzly bear, and ranges from their role in Native American myths; to their first scientific classification in 1815; to their near-extinction in the lower forty-eight states. Informatively written by skilled hunter and wildlife expert Harold McCracken, (who once brought down a grizzly bear himself yet came to respect and admire these animals, as well as mourn the modern day threat of habitat destruction that may yet cause their end), The Beast That Walks Like Man is a very highly addition to Wildlife Studies reference collections.
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