The Grizzly Maze

Description

With a new introduction on Werner Herzog’s film entitled The Grizzly ManTimothy Treadwell, self-styled “bear whisperer” dared to live among the grizzlies, seeking to overturn the perception of them as dangerously aggressive animals. When he and his girlfriend were mauled in October 2003, it created a media sensation.In The Grizzly Maze, Nick Jans, a seasoned outdoor writer with a quarter century of experience writing about Alaska and bears, traces Treadwell’s rise from unknown waiter in California to celebrity, providing a moving portrait of the man whose controversial ideas and behavior earned him the scorn of hunters, the adoration of animal lovers and the skepticism of naturalists. BACKCOVER: “Intensely imagistic, artfully controlled prose . . . behind the building tension of Treadwell’s path to oblivion, a stunning landscape looms.”—Newsday

First Sentence

"Ready?" pilot Gary Porter's voice crackled over the headset.

Subjects

Other Editions

• Grizzly maze: Timothy Treadwell's fatal obsession with Alaskan bearsPenguin Group2005-01-01
• The Grizzly MazePlume2006-01-31
• The Grizzly MazeElectronic resourcePenguin USA, Inc.2009-01-01