The Bears & I

by Robert Franklin Leslie and Theodore A. Xaras

Book Overview

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345239695
• ISBN13: 9780345239693
• Release Date: October 1974
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.

Customer Reviews

If you love animals, you'll love this book

I found this story while hunting through my library for something to read. I came across it in a Reader's Digest Condensed Books Collection from 1993. It's about the Trials and Tribulations of a then young man prospecting for gold in British Columbia, Canada and his experiences with no intention of raising three Bear cubs. At first I didn't think I'd read it, but as I got involved and wondering what will happen next, the author pulled me into his world until I was hooked. Reading about the author and his bear children kept me entertained until the very end. Did you know Bears are like people? Some of them are super smart, while others are inclined to be on the dummy side. They love and play like us. Even use bear psychology occasionally. Their love and loyality, their showing of affection for the arthur grabbed me to the point, I wanted a bear of my own. I found this story to be a fast read and emotional for me. If you enjoy knowing how wild animals feel about us (humans)you can learn a lot from this book. Not to mention, It's pure entertainment. PS: This is the first review I've written. Hope it helps.

Excellent.

I found this book unexpectedly in Grandma's house, and, as I've decided to start reading more, I read it. It was terrific. Leslie told exactly how he felt, and he told it well enough that I felt it too. What happened to him may as well have happened to me, reading this book. His narration took me directly into the North Woods. And, once I was there, there was no lack of a story to keep me moving along. I watched the three cubs become his family; I watched them grow up; I watched them through fun and hard times. The forest was rich with detail and poignant occasions. I am staunchly against crying, but at the end I seriously thought about considering it, and that's not something that is easy to make me do. All in all, I have to say that you really need to get your hands on this book.

The Bears and I film version

In correction of the review written below, the book was made into a movie in 1974, starring Patrick Wayne. It's very hard to find, but is worth seeing. The story, both on the page on the screen, is wonderous. Staci Layne Wilson

Excellent non-fiction account of man & nature in Canada

I have read this book for the 5th time since I was about 8 years old. I am 36 and it has never lost its' grip on me. Leslie's first hand account of communing with bears in British Columbia's remote, yet not remote enough, North Woods is truly unforgettable. How this book became out of print, and never a movie or documentary defies explanation. Leslie's descriptive language and compelling narrative is a tribute to nature writers everywhere. Readers who like Farley Mowat and Robert Redford would like this book. I plan on passing this on to my 2 year old son as my mother passed it on to me whaen old enough to comprehend. Long live the bear!