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The Essential Grizzly: The Mingled Fates of Men and Bears

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. . a breath of fresh air for those of us interested in bears and their fate. Shake off the heavy coat of mind boggling conflicting advice about how to act in bear country and read Doug Peacock's book. He tells it to you straight. "Don't travel into grizzly country reeking of bad karma or old tuna fish." This book leaves others behind with new knowledge and experiences unwritten to date. Doug and Andrea go straight to the heart of the problems and joys of having gizzlies on earth and exhibit hope that people can learn how to behave before we kill or love all the bears to death.

Doug Peacock knows more about grizzly bears than the next 10 writers combined. If you want jive-Hollywood-stories, read the other books. If you're interested in the real thing, go for Peacock. And for Edward Abbey fans, Doug's "Walking It Off" is a must read.

The book treats the grizzly as the great animals they are - neither teddy bearish or monster. The book generates respect for this amazing animal.

This book opens your mind to the necessity of the grizzly in our ecosystem. I learned alot about the behaviour and habits of the grizzly and how to prepare yourself in their world. A must read book.

Arrived in a timely manner and the book was in excellent condition. Thank you so much. I've wanted this book for a long time and was surprised when I found a used copy. Thanks for taking such good care of it so now another can enjoy!

found this book very opinionated, lacking in facts. The authors are incredibly egotistical knocking any efforts to conserve the Grizzly except their own. They contradict themselves several times and throughout the book they are happy to mention the names of not only people they agree with but also the names of people and organizations that are not doing what they think needs to be done. A very terrible book.

The Peacocks bring together some interesting stories in a way I've not seen done before, but their cockamamie, insular "logic" lies somewhere between intellectual dishonesty and sloth, which, for the critical thinker, makes the pages hard to get through. It's too bad; I'd hoped for so much more. Still, worth a skim if you love the bears and where they live.