In the company of wild bears
Subtitle: a celebration of backcountry grizzlies and black bears
By: Howard Smith ; photographs by Michael H. Francis
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781592289523
Subjects: Bears; Human-animal relationships; Behavior; Anecdotes
Description: Readers should understand that they don't have to encounter grizzly bears or black bears in order to reap rich rewards. Simply knowing that bears could be present is enough to awaken our senses and give us insights that have long since died-dried up with urban life. There is substantial value in realizing that the great outdoors is, indeed, wild. Grasping this concept enables us to live life as we once lived it-vibrantly attuned to every second. And now, come join us in walking in the company of wild bears...
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Foreword; title: Introduction; title: Return to primal ways; title: Walking with Alaska's great bear; title: Bailey's bodacious teton adventure; title: Ears back; cub at side; title: Oso canella; title: Searching for grizzlies in the Canadian Rockies; title: Where's bear?; title: Pass it on; title: Magic of wildness; title: Bears, humans, and the spirit of place; title: Epilogue: the price of passion.