In this mesmerizing film, acclaimed director Werner Herzog explores the life and death of amateur grizzly bear expert and wildlife preservationist Timothy Treadwell, who lived unarmed among grizzlies for 13 summers.

Skye Fargo agrees to escort a group of seven women through the wilderness to their prospective husbands in the Oregon territory.

In The Grizzly Maze, Nick Jans, a seasoned outdoor writer with a quarter century of experience writing about Alaska and bears, traces Treadwell’s rise from unknown waiter in California to celebrity, providing a moving portrait of the man ...

Chapter 25 describes MCCracken's unsuccessful 1953 grizzly bear hunt in the Mission Mountains. Benny McDonald was the guide for the hunt which was given special approval by the tribal council.

Neither mysteries nor tales of horror, these stories create a world of wonder, respect, and fear that make for a book you’ll find hard to put down.

From slaughters, shootouts, and massacres to maulings, lynchings, and natural disasters, Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears cuts to the chase of what draws people to the history and literature of the Wild West.

This book gives honor to those men and explains how and why the grizzly disappeared from the western landscape.The book begins with a brief history about how the grizzly was pushed to the verge of extinction and then each of the following ...

... man - related cause . Likely man - related causes are grizzly attractants and / or human activities Interfering with grizzly use of habitat . Attractants include foods and food odors associated with man , live- stock carrion , garbage ...

Accounts by fur trappers and explorers of their encounters with grizzly bears throughout the American West before 1847.