Killer Bears (Paperback)

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Here are eyewitnesses, investigators, and survivors tell their stories of face-to-face encounters with bears in the wild.

What causes bear attacks? Can attacks be prevented? If you are attacked, are there defensive measures that can save your life?

For answers to these and many other questions, Mike Cramond conducted full investigations on many of the over 250 documented attacks in his files. These include attacks by grizzlies, black bears, and polar bears. On this project, he traveled 40,000 miles to visit attack sites and interview surviving victims, witnesses, biologists, and official investigators.

The resulting stories dramatically re-create these attacks and then examine their causes. From the evidence, Cramond often offers fascinating challenges to popular beliefs on bear behavior.

Learn what to do if confronted by a bear, what kinds of terrain are most conducive to attacks, whether to fight or play dead, when a charging bear is merely bluffing, and much much more, all in the fascinating context of real-life stories told by the attack survivors themselves. Many of the stories also touch on the attack aftermaths: hospital ordeals, physical disabilities, and heartbreaking battles for compensation.

Killer Bears is essential reading for anyone who would step into bear country, and serves as a principal reference for all who would study and report on the bear-man issues in North America. Meticulously researched and chock-full of expert knowledge, Killer Bears stands as a vital and important part of our literature on nature and survival.

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What causes bear attacks? Can attacks be prevented? If you are attacked, are there defensive measures that can save your life? For answers to these and many other questions, Mike Cramond conducted full investigations of many of the over 250 documented attacks in his files. These include attacks by grizzlies, black bears, and polar bears. On this project, he traveled 40,000 miles to visit attack sites and interview surviving victims, witnesses, biologists, and official investigators. The resulting stories dramatically recreate these attacks and then examine their causes. From the evidence, Cramond often offers fascinating challenges to popular beliefs on bear behavior. Many of the stories also touch on the attack aftermaths: hospital ordeals, physical disabilities, and heartbreaking battles for compensation. Killer Bears is essential reading for anyone who would step into bear country, and serves as a principal reference for all who would study and report on bear-man issues in North America. Meticulously researched and chock-full of expert knowledge, Killer Bears stands as a vital and important part of our literature on nature and survival. (6 x 9, 320 pages, chart)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: The Lyons Press; 1st edition (June 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585742511
• ISBN-13: 978-1585742516
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #738,412 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars KILLED BEARS, September 26, 2005

By	David R. Spence "Grizzly Fan" (ROUNDTOWN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Very well written,informative and refreshing. The author writes about a number of incidents which I have not read about elsewhere, an accomplishment given the glut of bear attack books on the market which often rehash the same attacks. The author is not as radical as fellow BC author JG Shelton, so there is not the constant undercurrent of advancing an agenda. The backstory of tracking down the interviews lends local color and the feeling of being there that only the best outdoor writers can accomplish.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real-life stories of survivors of bear attacks, December 13, 2001

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

What causes killer bear attacks, can they be prevented, and how have humans survived? Killer Bears gathers real-life stories of survivors of bear attacks, supplementing their first-person face-to-face encounters with keys to understanding the behaviors of wild bears. An intriguing, absorbing title which can be pursued as a leisure/adventure read and a natural history of bears.

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Bad but Not Larry Kanuit Either, June 17, 2005

By	J. Hagwood "Alaskan" (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is very informative but is not as well written as Larry K's. I think if I'd read this one first I would have liked it more. All in All not a bad read though.