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The Blue Bear: A True Story of Friendship, Tragedy, and Survival in the Alaskan Wilderness
by Schooler, Lynn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good condition/Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0066210852
- ISBN 13
- 9780066210858
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Item Price
$25.00$18.75
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About This Item
New York: ECCO, and Imprint of HarperCollins, 2002. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good condition/Very good. xii, 272 pages. Illustrations (color). Footnotes. Select Bibliography. Some wear, soiling, and creasing to dust jacket. This haunting memoir is about the search for one of the world's most elusive animals, the friendship it forged, and the tragedy that ensued. 8-page color photo insert. Set on Alaska's Glacier Coast, this is a haunting memoir about the search for one of the world's most elusive animals, the friendship that was forged, and the tragedy that ensued. Lynn Schooler kept the world at arm's length, drifting through the wilds of Alaska as a commercial fisherman, outdoorsman, and wilderness guide. In 1990 he met Japanese photographer Michio Hoshimo and began a profound friendship cemented by a shared love of adventure and quest to find the elusive glacier bear.
Synopsis
A personal journey through Alaska's Glacier Coast recounts the author's quest to photograph the elusive glacier bear, revealing the author's struggle with personal tragedy and how his quest enabled him to find new meaning in life.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57652
- Title
- The Blue Bear: A True Story of Friendship, Tragedy, and Survival in the Alaskan Wilderness
- Author
- Schooler, Lynn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]
- ISBN 10
- 0066210852
- ISBN 13
- 9780066210858
- Publisher
- ECCO, and Imprint of HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Glacier Coast, Scoliosis, Commercial Fisherman, Outdoorsman, Wilderness Guide, Michio Hoshino, Bear Attack, Russell Fjord, Johnstone Bay, Malaspina, Cape Fanshaw, Kamchatka
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