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Author : Chris Morgan
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9781584799313
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bears of the Last Frontier written by Chris Morgan and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Companion to the PBS series NATURE: bears of the last frontier"--Dustjacket.
Author : Sherry Simpson
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700619356
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)
Download or read book Dominion of Bears written by Sherry Simpson and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long ago we invited bears into our stories, our dreams, our nightmares, our lives. We have always sought them out where they live, for their hides, their meat, their beauty, their knowingness. Human country and bear country exist side by side. As Sherry Simpson suggests, the relationship between bears and humans is ancient and ongoing and, in Alaska, profoundly and often uncomfortably close. A huge number of North America’s bears live in Alaska: including at least 31,000 brown bears, 100,000 black bears, and 3,500 polar bears. And nearly every aspect of Alaskan society reflects their presence, from hunting to tourism marketing to wildlife management to urban planning. A long-time Alaskan, Simpson offers a series of compelling essays on Alaskan bears in both wild and urban spaces—because in Alaska, bears are found not only in their natural habitat but also in cities and towns. Combining field research, interviews, and a host of up-to-date scientific sources, her finely polished prose conveys a wealth of information and insight on ursine biology, behavior, feeding, mating, social structure, and much more. Simpson crisscrosses the Alaskan landscape in pursuit of bears as she muses, marvels, and often stands in sheer awe before these charismatic creatures. Firmly grounded in the expertise of wildlife biologists, hunters, and viewing guides, she shows bears as they actually are, not as we imagine them to be. She considers not only the occasionally aggressive behavior bears need to survive, but also the violence exacted upon them by trophy hunters, advocates of predator control, or suburbanites who view bears as land sharks that threaten the safety of their families. Shifting effortlessly between fascinating facts and poetic imagery, Simpson crafts an extended meditation on why we are so drawn to bears and why they continue to engage our imaginations, populate indigenous mythologies, and help define our essential visions of wilderness. As Simpson observes, “The slightest evidence that bears share your world—or that you share theirs—can alter not only your sense of the landscape, but your sense of yourself within that landscape.”
Author : Erwin A. Bauer
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
ISBN 13 : 9781570612862
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bears of Alaska written by Erwin A. Bauer and published by Sasquatch Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do bears really do in the woods? Find out in this charming full-color book by world-renowned wildlife photographers Erwin and Peggy Bauer, winners of the North American Photography Association's 2000 Lifetime Achievement Award. The Bauers -- who have been spying on wildlife for decades -- are from the old school of wildlife photography, spending hundreds of hours in the field and never using photo manipulation. The bears we meet in this intimate keepsake book are playful, handsome, ferocious, curious, hungry, protective -- and always intensely wild. From the remote beauty of a polar bear crossing the ice to the comical antics of a grizzly trying to satisfy an itch, bears capture our imagination like no other animal. This stunning portfolio of work has 75 full color photographs and covers such magnificent country as Katami National Park, Denali, and Kodiak Island. Included is information on bear-viewing safety and a basic natural history of each species.
Author : Willard A. Troyer
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 1889963720
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)
Download or read book Into Brown Bear Country written by Willard A. Troyer and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bears are North America's most complex and controversial predator, both loved and hated for their majesty and power. Will Troyer's introduction to the natural history of Alaska's brown bears is both enchanting and informative, told with the objectivity of a biologist, the resonant voice of an outdoorsman who has spent decades in bear society, and breathtaking photography. Troyer was a pioneer in the study of brown bears. Convinced that scientific research was the only antidote to widespread fear and misinformation about one of Alaska's largest predators, he gathered data with primitive equipment and endured hair-raising adventures. His career spanned dramatic changes in approaches to bear management that ranged from extermination to conservation, a history of human-bear interactions that he recounts with unusual insight and first-hand knowledge. Troyer offers a holistic description of bear biology and behavior, an account of bear-human interactions, and practical advice for viewing and photographing bears. Into Brown Bear Country offers an intimate, realistic view of the lives of Alaska's coastal bears. Entertaining and readable, it will be enjoyed by all readers of nature literature and is an essential starting point for anyone visiting bear country.
Author : Carol Crane
Publisher : Discover America State by Stat
ISBN 13 : 9781585360208
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)
Download or read book L Is for Last Frontier written by Carol Crane and published by Discover America State by Stat. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An alphabetical introduction to the state of Alaska.
Author : C. B. Bernard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762794283
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)
Download or read book Chasing Alaska written by C. B. Bernard and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alaska looms as a mythical, savage place, part nature preserve, part theme park, too vast to understand fully. Which is why C. B. Bernard lashed his canoe to his truck and traded the comforts of the Lower 48 for a remote island and a career as a reporter. He soon learned that a distant relation had made the same trek northwest a century earlier. Captain Joe Bernard spent decades in Alaska, amassing the largest single collection of Native artifacts ever gathered, giving his name to landmarks and even a now-extinct species of wolf. C. B. chased the legacy of this explorer and hunter up the family tree, tracking his correspondence, locating artifacts donated to museums, and finding his journals at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks. Using these journals as guides, he threw himself into the state once known as Seward’s Folly, boating to remote islands, hiking distant forests, hunting and fishing the pristine environment, forming a landscape view of the place that had lured him and “Uncle Joe,” both men anchored beneath the Northern Lights in freezing, far-flung waters, separated only by time. Here, in crisp, crystalline prose, is his moving portrait of the Last Frontier, then and now.
Author : Shelley Gill
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
ISBN 13 : 093400711X
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)
Download or read book Alaska's Three Bears written by Shelley Gill and published by Sasquatch Books. This book was released on 1997-07-29 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Charlene Kreeger
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
ISBN 13 : 0934007179
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)
Download or read book Alaska ABC Book written by Charlene Kreeger and published by Sasquatch Books. This book was released on 1997-07-29 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the animals of Alaska in ABC format.
Author : Emily Rose Oachs
Publisher : Bellwether Media
ISBN 13 : 161211797X
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)
Download or read book Alaska written by Emily Rose Oachs and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we think of Alaska, we often think of snow. The state is home to Glacier Bay, the Juneau Ice Field, skijoring, and the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. In this book, discover how the chilled landscapes, abundant wildlife, and native traditions influence life in our nationÕs northernmost state.
Author : Alaska Magazine
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 149308268X
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)
Download or read book Last Frontier written by Alaska Magazine and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-12-12 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1935, Alaska magazine has charted the development of our biggest, most mysterious state. With compelling stories on such events as earthquakes, tidal waves, grizzly and polar bear attacks, the Russian influence, the Gold Rush, the Japanese invasion of the Aleutians during World War II, hunting and fishing, the lives of sourdoughs, village life, and much more, The Last Frontier truly captures the essence of our largest state. Other chapters include the tale of the Eskimo commercial pilot, flying villagers across the Arctic. Or the one about the young woman who conducted the 1940 census in the Interior by dog team. Or the story about the family who placed their automobile on a raft, hooked paddles to the axles, and steered their home-built paddle-wheeler down the Yukon River to the first road-whereupon they removed the car from the barge, and drove home to Nebraska.Other stories you won't want to miss in this book include: Don Sheldon's floatplane rescue of eight men from white water; the mystery of Klutuk, the beast of the tundra; how Julie Collins's sled dog saved her life; the trials and tribulations of a nurse running a hospital on the arctic coast in 1921; an Athabascan writer interviews her grandmother, a medicine woman; newsworthy events across the state and much, much more.
