In Grizzly Heart, Charlie Russell, one of the world's foremost authorities on wild bears, travels to one of the planet's ursine capitals: Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. There he turns up cause for worry and hope alike--worry that bears may disappear, hope that humans can learn to live with them so that they don't. Kamchatka is the size of California, with a population half the size of Calgary's. Brown bears (or grizzlies) may not outnumber people there, but they are prominent in the ecology of that rich, lonely land. It's a fitting venue, then, for Russell and longtime partner Maureen Enns, who set up a cabin in the shadow of an ancient volcano and set about taking care of a charming trio of orphan cubs while studying the ways of their elders. The authors' message is simple: "Humans and brown bears can interact safely, given observance of certain rules of etiquette by the humans." Russell and Enns's writing and photographs are lovely, their arguments compelling if perhaps arguable--for, given the record, it may be wise for bears to fear humans, and wiser still for humans to leave bears be. Don't try these tricks at home, in other words. But by all means read this book. --Gregory McNamee

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"An absolutely remarkable and well-documented account of close encounters with grizzlies. This book is a truly fascinating adventure in nature with an invaluable wealth of insider information on both bear and human behaviour." -- Robert Bateman

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5.0 out of 5 stars An adventure for the whole family, May 23 2003

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My wife and I read this book aloud to each other. It was almost impossible to put down once we started. It represents something for every memeber of the family I believe, but especially anyone intersted in biolgical research, the out of doors, and bears, yet the book is written as an adventure story.

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