The Grizzly Bear: The Narrative of a Hunter-Naturalist

by William Henry Wright

Book Overview

From the Foreword--The Grizzly Bear by William H. Wright, first published in 1909, is one of the best all-around books ever written on the subject. It is both highly informative and entertaining. . . . Wright began as a bear-hunter, and an extraordinarily successful one. He pitted his own strength, endurance, ingenuity, skill, knowledge, and craftiness against that of the grizzlies. . . . His most remarkable achievement as a hunter was killing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803258658
• ISBN13: 9780803258655
• Release Date: July 1977
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

TIMELESS CLASSIC

An early masterpiece of bear literature. It is easy to see why so many subsequent authors refer to, and liberally 'paraphrase' Wright's work. Almost a hundred years after it was written, it is amazing to realize how much later writers based their work on this book. Wright chronicles his rise from enthusiastic bear hunter to preservationist who regrets his earlier bloodthirst. He debunks some of the bear myths of his day, and while some of his conclusions have proven incorrect with time, he is frequently on target. Any one who has admiration for the grizzly should have this in their library.