October 2nd, 2015
No, you wouldn’t want the long-clawed yet adorable grizzly in your living room, but now you can have the next best thing!
Grizzly: The Bears of Greater Yellowstone is the culmination of 10 years of work, and it’s one of the most timely books to be published this year.
The bears almost became extinct due to logging, mining and poaching in the area in the 1970s. The Endangered Species Act saved the grizzlies, but they’re once again facing a threat from us.
© Thomas D. Mangelsen
Believe it or not (I had trouble believing it!), grizzly bears may lose their federal protection. It may soon be legal to pursue them in trophy hunts right here in the United States.
Are you shocked? Read more about the status of grizzly bears at the NPS. Disclosure: I received a complimentary review copy of this book from the publisher.
Grizzly 610 and cubs walking along Pacific Creek Road.
© Thomas D. Mangelsen
More about Grizzly: The Bears of Greater Yellowstone
This monograph is not only a great gift for the nature lover in your life, it also has all this:
- The book honors and follows the most famous family of grizzly bears on this planet—matriarch 399 and her adorable offspring as they roam the Greater Yellowstone Park and the Rockies
- More than 150 crisp and lovely (see for yourself in this post!) images from nature photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen, who tracked and photographed the bears for 10 years
- A dramatic story of the near annihilation and ultimate survival of grizzly bears told by environmental writer Todd Wilkinson
- Life-and-death stories, including those focusing on the relationship between people and grizzly bears
- Forward by Ted Turner, whose foundations work for our safer, healthier future by addressing wildlife conservation, and other causes
- High-quality 13” x 10 ½” hardcover that spans 240 pages with a nice cover hiding behind that also-nice dust jacket (What I’m saying here is that it will look good in your house, or inside a reusable gift bag)
Grizzly 399 and her three cubs cross Buffalo Fork in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
© Thomas D. Mangelsen
This book will be released by Rizzoli on October 13, 2015. Follow the Rizzoli link, and you can find out where to buy the book locally or online.
Grizzly Bear 399 and cubs walking over snow-covered sagebrush in Grand Teton National Park.
© Thomas D. Mangelsen
Let’s close with what Tom Brokaw had to say:
“Tom Mangelsen is a photographic genius at bringing nature’s greatest creatures into our lives—and his work with the magnificent grizzly bears of the American West is a gift for all generations. We have grizzly visitors in Montana—usually a mama and a pair of cubs—and their presence stirs the soul for they are the essence of wild. Tom’s photographs and Todd Wilkinson’s narrative capture all of that without the need to find an escape route!” —Tom Brokaw
© Thomas D. Mangelsen
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