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Some Bears Kill: True Life Tales of Terror

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Larry does an excellent job of relating these stories. Any person planning travel to Alaska's back country needs to have this information before setting out.

This is a great book by one of the best authors on the subject. Mr Kaniut is an authority on the subject of bear attacks. He has devoted many hours, days and trips across Alaska to bring first hand accounts, when possible, not only by the victims but by tracking down witnesses to the attacks. I have read several of his books and never been disappointed. This is a must read for the outdoor and wildlife enthusiast. A book that will stay in your bookcase for a re-read.

I have read most of the books Mr.Kanuit has wrote, my fiance urged me to read one of his other bear books and I was hooked from there. Years ago through this very site he and Mr Kanuit got to e-mailing each other back and forth but have since lost contact. We both have read all his books and hope he will soon have a new one for us to read.

In 'Some Bears Kill: True Life Tales of Terror' the author weaves grand tales of survival (or not) with the nidus being the so called predictability of killer bears. This is like writing a terror book about "crazy electrons" in an atom, by hearing about fusion and extrapolating the experience to all situations. Bears are bears, some are smart, some not so, some are hungry, some not so, and so on. They're beautiful and to be taken with respect and simply not to be feared, like this author seems to contrive. This book I read to be entertained, and it only retold old stories that would be exchanged after a few too many beers during a long winter in King Salmon. No one should take this effort seriously.

The book is well written but it was not what I wanted.I've really enjoyed books like Mark of the Grizzly.So when I got this I thought it would be sort of the same. Like I said it is well written and full of true encounters but they always end in the death of the bear by guns.I think if you are a hunter you would like this book but if you enjoy 'shooting' the bears with film I'd say don't read this one, you'll feel sad.