When Bears Attack (eBook)

Close Encounters of the Terrifying Kind

Joseph B. Healy (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
224 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5107-0719-1 (ISBN)

Infos

A great collection of bear attack true stories for hikers, hunters, and all who venture into the outdoors.Bears are one of natures apex predators, gentle and fuzzy to watch from a distance, fierce and unpredictable when arousedand then its too late for humans to escape a dangerous, fearsome, or fatal encounter. In this collection, we gather the most thrilling and frightening bear-attack stories of the past few decades. Grizzlies, brown bears, black bearsand their unfortunate encounters with humans. This is what happensWhen Bears Attack.Joseph B. Healy takes a closer look at some of the notable bear attacks of recent history in order to determine their causes, evaluate what happened, and appreciate the raw powerand dangerof mother nature. He tells tales of hikers enjoying weekend camping trips as well as workers going about their daily routines. Follow along as the victims lives are disrupted by bears, and see how survivors were forced to think and act in the moment to stay alive.As modern life continues to encroach on the wilderness, encounters between bears and humans will only increase. Learn about the outcome of these feral clashes in When Bears Attack.

Autor

Joseph B. Healy has spent more than two decades in publishing, editing outdoors magazines for much of that time. His editorial career began at Outdoor Life and continued in fly-fishing and lifestyle publishing. He currently is editor of Covey Rise, a magazine covering the lifestyle of international wing shooting. Healy is the author of Training a Young Pointer, and he has edited Jesus on Forgiveness and John Stuart Mill on Liberty. He lives with his wife, son, and bird dog in Vermont.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.8.2016
• Zusatzinfo: 15 B&W photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Angeln / Jagd
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: animal behavior • Arm • arming • behoove • black bears • books on animal behaviors • books on campers • books on colorado • books on coyotes • books on critters • books on experts • books on grizzlies • books on hikers • books on hikes • books on incidents • books on mountain lions • books on populations • books on predators • books on preys • books on reintroductions • books on sprays • books on todays • books on wildernesses books on campings • books on wildlives • books on wolves • books on woodchucks • campers • Camping • Colorado • Coyotes • Critters • deify • elk hunting • Experts • Grizzlies • habituated • hike • hikers • Hiking • incidents • meat-eating • metastasize • Mountain Lion • Populations • predators • Prey • reintroductions • Relocated • Smile • smiling • Spray • todays • Wilderness • wildlife • wittingly • Wolves • woodchucks
• ISBN-10: 1-5107-0719-0 / 1510707190
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-0719-1 / 9781510707191