I run in to grizzly bears on the trail sometimes while hiking in Glacier National Park. They always bound off in to the forest as they tend to be solitary creatures. Nevertheless these moments always leave me with a sense of wonder and appreciation for these terrifyingly beautiful creatures.

Having r

I truly love Ernest Thompson Seton's Rolf in the Woods: The Adventures of a Boy Scout with Indian Quonab & Little Dog Skookum. The Biography of a Grizzly is a great work of nature writing, although I did not all like the last section of part three, both because of the heavy anthropomorphism and beca

A remarkable book in several ways. Despite the cover, this is not a wildlife biologist's tale of the life cycle of grizzly bears (i.e., brown bears, Ursus arctos horriblis); although there is a good amount of biological fact and observations, this is literature with touches of a poetic sensibility.

Ernest Thompson Seton was an author, artist, and one of the founders of the Boy Scouts of America. As a youth, he would draw and study animals as a way of avoiding his abusive father. He became fascinated with wolves while working as a naturalist for Manitoba.

Successful as a writer, artist and natu

I'm reading one of the early editions with the wonderful drawings and plates. A big thank you to my sister-in-law for sending me this find.

4.4 stars!

I checked this book out of the library when I was ten years old. The story is told from an orphaned grizzly, Waub's point of view. Originally published in 1900 as "Biography of a Grizzly"; Disney made it into a movie in 1970. The book was republished in 1970 as "King of the Grizzlies".

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Well written, but very sad.

This is the first book I can remember reading. Staying up late reading under the covers I was probably 9 or 10. About a year later I found my dads stash of Louis L’Amour books and I was hooked.
I gave this book 5 stars because it kindled the love of reading in me!