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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 599.7444609798 EAN: 9780882402321 ISBN: 0882402323 Label: Alaska Northwest Books Manufacturer: Alaska Northwest Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 317 Publication Date: June 01, 2003 Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books Studio: Alaska Northwest Books Editorial Review: Product Description: "Alaska Bear Tales" is a best-selling collection of edge-of-your-seat accounts of true-life encounters with bears in Alaska. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Larry is the real Deal!GREAT (and best of all, TRUE) stories of the Bear, get it, you'll not put it down till everyone in the story is safe! Rating:  - One of the worst books on bears ever writtenI live in Alaska and spent the summer camping with brown bears in Katmai National Park. I can say from experience that everything in this book is myth, grotesque fantasy, made up nonsense and lore. These types of book feed the false stereotype that bears are man eaters, which they are not. For example, hundreds of tourists a day walk with bears in Katmai National Park. The only fatal bear attack in Katmai, since it was opened in the 1920's, was Timothy Treadwell - and he was mentally ill. When ... Read More Rating: - The author is standing in front of my class right nowThe author of this book, Larry Kanuit, is standing in front of my high school English class right now telling the students how he researches his books and how he writes. About myself: I was a journalist for 15 years before becoming a teacher; much of that career was spent in Alaska. I now teach in Bush Alaska. Most of my students are Native Alaskans. Reviewers who have stated that the author is inventing his stories are wrong. Period. Bear-lovers who say that the author is demonizing bears sound as ... Read More Rating: - Fast, Entertaining Read - Not a Guide to Visiting Bear CountryLarry Kaniut has made a career of writing white-knuckled real life thrillers. This book is no different. It's kind of like a car accident, once you start reading you can't turn your eyes away. It's easy to get into the book but hard to put down. What better material than bear attacks to capture your imagination. There are lessons to learn from this book, but for the most part it is a collection of sensational bear stories presented for their entertainment value. If you are looking for ... Read More Rating: - boring, silly, harmful to bearsKaniut repeats the same story 200-300 times. A man or woman bumps into a bear. The bear tears the man or woman to pieces. You get all the gross details about their injuries. They speculate about what went wrong. To me, this is like reading a book about 300 car accidents. There's an accident. You get to read clinical descriptions about the injuries people suffer. The survivors speculate about what went wrong. Just as people in auto accidents tend to blame the other driver, the people in Kaniut's bear tales ... Read More |
