Ghost Grizzlies: Does the great bear still haunt Colorado? 3rd ed. - Softcover

Petersen, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0981658415 ISBN 13: 9780981658414

Publisher: David Petersen Books, 2009

Synopsis

By 1952 it was thought the grizzly bear had been wiped out in Colorado, pushed to oblivion by predator-phobic sheep ranchers and government trappers. Even so, through the mid-1900s, ghostly stories of grizzly sightings continued to haunt remote corners of the dark-timbered San Juan Mountains in the southern-most part of the state. Then, one spooky September evening in 1979, a flesh-and-blood grizzly sow was surprised on its daybed in the South San Juans by a bowhunter ... and the rest, as they say, is history. Or is it? As author and veteran outdoorsman David Petersen takes us along on his quest for evidence of "the next 'last' Colorado grizzly," we find ourselves enjoying a masterful mystery unfolding, character by adventure, page by riveting page. Although Ghost Grizzlies is set in Colorado, it stands as a timeless metaphor for every wild place and creature that finds itself under the gun of human encroachment still today. This revised 3rd edition has a new cover, 12 new pages of b/w photos, and updates.

About this edition

• Publisher: David Petersen Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0981658415
• ISBN 13: 9780981658414
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 304