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Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Language
English
Description
A six-hundred-mile canoe trip in the Canadian wilderness is a seventeen-year-old's dream adventure, but after he is mauled by a grizzly bear, it's all about staying alive. This true-life wilderness survival epic recounts seventeen-year-old Alex Messenger's near-lethal encounter with a grizzly bear during a canoe trip in the Canadian tundra. The story follows Alex and his five companions as they paddle north through harrowing rapids and stunning terrain....
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
A 25-year-old backcountry wanderer, a man happiest exploring wild places with his dog, Dan Bigley woke up one midsummer morning to a day full of promise. Before it was over, after a stellar day of salmon fishing along Alaska's Kenai and Russian rivers, a grizzly came tearing around a corner in the trail. Dan barely had time for "bear charging" to register before it had him on the ground, altering his life forever. His life was shattered by the mauling...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of the author's continued dedication to the understanding and appreciation of the grizzly bear in spite of a mauling by a mother bear who severely injured his face and rendered him blind, in an account that describes the attack, his survival, and recovery.
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