Book Description
Describes both humorous and deadly contacts between humans and bears in Alaska and reviews the precautions for avoiding a bear attack
Author : Larry Kaniut
Publisher : Larry Kaniut
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 19,97 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Bear hunting
ISBN : 9780882402321
Describes both humorous and deadly contacts between humans and bears in Alaska and reviews the precautions for avoiding a bear attack
Author : Larry Kanuit
Publisher : Larry Kaniut
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 23,78 MB
Release : 2008-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1571572937
Never before have so many exciting, hair-raising tales of bear encounters been collected into one book. Read about a man who swam into a lake to try to escape a furious bear only to find to his horror that bears can swim too! Or of the old gold prospector who got mauled and sewed up his own stomach-and lived to tell about it! When a bear attacks, it does so with devastating ferocity. Although the average attack lasts but thirty seconds, grievous injury can result from powerful paws and jaws. Strangely enough, most attacks are nonfatal. This book is filled with true-life episodes of close-calls, maulings, and deaths by all three North American bears: black, grizzly, and polar. These stories are not fiction. All are, eerily enough, based on complete fact. Even the FOX TV show When Animals Attack uses Kaniut's material for their shows. The author of two previous best-selling books on dangerous bears brings you a cliffhanger-you won't want to miss his latest and best yet!
Author : Larry Kaniut
Publisher : Larry Kaniut
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 35,6 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Bear hunting
ISBN : 9780942381030
In a sequel to "Alaska's Bear Tales," Larry Kaniut offers more true stories of encounters between bears and humans that are action-packed and compelling.
Author : Larry Kaniut
Publisher : Larry Kaniut
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 19,65 MB
Release : 2003-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780970953704
Collector of bear lore for nearly half a century, author Larry Kaniut has chosen these tales and legends for their focus on the wisdom of bears and the strength of the human spirit in encounters with them. An Alaskan legend himself, Larry brings together 28 amazing stories of encounters with this four-legged wonder of the woods, spanning the time period from 1816 to 1999.
Author : Scott Mcmillion
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 38,50 MB
Release : 2011-11-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0762777400
A must-read about these magnificent but sometimes deadly creatures—thoroughly revised, expanded, and updated
Author : Bjorn Dihle
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 25,46 MB
Release : 2021-02-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1680513109
In A Shape in the Dark, wilderness guide and lifelong Alaskan Bjorn Dihle weaves personal experience with historical and contemporary accounts to explore the world of brown bears--from encounters with the Lewis and Clark Expedition, frightening attacks including the famed death of Timothy Treadwell, the controversies related to bear hunting, the animal’s place in native cultures, and the impacts on the species from habitat degradation and climate change. Much more than a report on human-bear interactions, this compelling story intimately explores our relationship with one of the world’s most powerful predators. An authentic and thoughtful work, it blends outdoor adventure, history, and elements of memoir to present a mesmerizing portrait of Alaska’s brown bears and grizzlies, informed by the species’ larger history and their fragile future.
Author : Bob Bell
Publisher : Publication Consultants
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 50,39 MB
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1594332614
Oh No! We’re Gonna Die Too came about due to the popularity of Bob’s first book Oh No! We’re Gonna Die. That book was mostly about the author’s misadventures in Alaska. Many of his friends and associates approached him after reading the book and told him their stories which were very similar to his. He collected those stories and with a few details filled in and some observations by Bob, compiled them into the second book. This book is also written in a humorous fashion, but again conveys the apprehension, excitement and relief involved in life threatening adventures. This book shows how a relatively small mistake can quickly put one’s life at risk in the Alaska wilderness. It also takes the reader on adventures throughout Alaska with a whole new cast of characters who continue the tradition of questionable judgment and bad luck. You will experience airplane crashes, wild critters trying to eat folks, extreme weather, malfunctioning equipment, sinking boats and many other challenges. These stories give the reader a personal look at how many Alaskans live, recreate and somehow survive. It is doubtful many of them would have survived if it weren’t for pure luck. As one can see from these stories, there is not a lot of clear thinking or intelligence involved in most of the stories, but there is an ample amount of excitement. Please enjoy your trip with us through our Alaska misadventures
Author : Shelley Gill
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 10,29 MB
Release : 1997-07-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 093400711X
One of the most beloved Alaskan children's picture books of all time, Alaska' Three Bears is a classic retelling of the three bears fairy tale, Alaska-style. Readers young and old will meet Alaska's three bears in this one-of-a-kind adventure. Join the polar, grizzly, and black bears as they travel across Alaska's vast wilderness. Author Shelley Gill and illustrator Shannon Cartwright bring young readers the real story of the three bears, filled with facts on America's best-loved bruins. Perfect story time reading plus nonfiction facts about bears for children ages 3 and up.
Author : Larry Kaniut
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 40,21 MB
Release : 1999-11-29
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1466824891
Alaska is like no other state and few countries; men experience greater risk in her arms. This one-of-a-kind anthology captures the spine tingling adventures of daring men and women who venture into Alaska's vast wilderness and look death in the eye. Danger Stalks the Land relates gripping episodes of animal attacks, avalanches, aircraft disasters, fishing, hunting, and skiing accidents, and chronicles risky climbs and reckless mountaineering amid Alaska's fantastic peaks. Through exhaustive research and interviews, author Larry Kaniut has captured in one volume, the terror and beauty of man's attempt to explore a vast and unforgiving land.
Author : David Earl Brown
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 34,45 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780816510672
This collection of true stories about grizzly and black bears in the greater southwest from the 1820s to present day demonstrates changing attitudes toward bears and the preservation of the animals and their habitats