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Book Shelf
! The Bear Den Book Shelf is provided as a beginning source point for those interested in
searching the readily available public literature to learn more about bears.
These listings, while relatively large in size and scope, are not to be considered as
an exhaustive compendium of published books, reports, etc. specifically related to bears.
For those wishing to order any of the books listed from your local book dealer, the
International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is provided when known. Also, don't hesitate to
consult with your local librarian on the use of inter-library loans to get books not in
their collection.
To suggest possible books and other written materials to be included, please contact
Don Middleton, dmiddlet@nature-net.com .
Similarly, if you have any information to complete or correct the information I have
provided about a particular book, please forward it to me.
Anderson, Joan. Earthkeepers. Harcourt Brace, 1992.
ISBN 0-15-242199-8
One of the "Earthkeepers" featured in this book is Lynn Rogers, noted black
bear researcher.
Anderson, Tom. Black Bear Seasons in the Wild. Stillwater,
Minnesota: Voyageur Press, 1992.
ISBN 0-89658-203-5
Excellent text and photographic treatise on the American black bear.
Bass, Richard. The
Lost Grizzlies. New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995.
ISBN 0-395-71759-0
This book details recent efforts to see if the grizzly is still present in Colorado.
Bauer, Erwin. Bear in Their World. New York: Outdoor Life Books,
1985.
ISBN 0-696-11094-6
An in-depth review of the black, brown/grizzly and the polar bear.
Brown, David. The Grizzly in the Southwest: Documentary of an
Extinction. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1985.
ISBN 0-8061-1930-6
Brown, David and Murray, John. The Last Grizzly and Other Southwestern
Bear Stories. University of Arizona Press, 1988.
ISBN 0-8165-1067-9
Brown, Gary. Great Bear Almanac. New York: Lyons and Burford
Publishers, 1993.
ISBN 1-55821-210-8
Brown, Gary. Safe
Travel in Bear Country. New York: Lyons and Burford Publishers, 1996.
ISBN 1-55821-349-X
A great book for anyone wondering how to coexist with bears when camping, fishing,
hiking and more.
Carey, Alan. In the Path of the Grizzly. Flagstaff, Arizona:
Northland Press, 1986.
ISBN 0-87358-394-9 (softcover)
A photographic record of the grizzly is combined with the author's observations on the
bear's behavior for a glimpse into the life of the grizzly.
Chadwick, D. H. "Grizz": of Men and the Great Bear. National
Geographic 169(2): 182-213, 1986.
Clark, Tim and Casey, Denise (editors). Tales of the Grizzly. Homestead,
Wyoming, 1992.
ISBN 0-943-972-14-0
A historical account of the grizzly bear in North America.
Craighead, Frank Jr. Track of the Grizzly. San Francisco: Sierra
Club Books, 1979, 1982.
ISBN 0-87156-322-3
A seminal book describing the pioneering research project tracking bears in Yellowstone
National Park.
Craighead, John; Sumner, Jay; and
Mitchell, John The Grizzly Bears of Yellowstone: Their Ecology in the
Yellowstone Ecosystem, 1959-1992. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1995.
ISBN 1-55963-456-1 (cloth)
This book summarizes 35 years of grizzly bear research in Yellowstone by the
Craighead's including hundreds of tables and charts.
Cramond, Mike. Killer Bears. Outdoor Life Books/ Charles
Scribner's Sons: New York, 1981.
ISBN 0-684-17285-2 (hardcover)
A detailed investigative reporter-type book on a number of bear encounters.
Cramond, Mike. Of Man and Bears. Norman, Oklahoma: University of
Oklahoma Press, 1986.
ISBN 0-8061-1948-9 (hardcover)
A follow-up to his earlier book with more emphasis on co-existing with bears.
Domico, Terry. Bears of the World. New York: Facts on File, 1988.
ISBN 0-8160-1536-8 (hardcover)
An authoratative text and photographically rich review of the eight bear species around
the world.
Dufresne, Frank. No Room for Bears: A Wilderness Writer's Experience
with a Threatened Breed. Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska Northwest Books, 1991
ISBN 0-88240-414-8
Fair, Jeff (with photography by Lynn Rogers). Bears for Kids., Minocqua, Wisconsin: NorthWord Press, 1991.
ISBN 1-55971-134-5 (softcover)
ISBN 1-55971-119-1 (hardcover)
An excellent book for elementary students. Filled with excellent pictures.
Fair, Jeff and Rogers, Lynn. The Great American Bear. Minocqua,
Wisconsin: NorthWord Press, 1990.
ISBN 1-55971-079-9 (hardcover)
A superb review of the behaviour and biology of the American black bear.
Ford, Barbara. Black Bear: The Spirit of the Wilderness. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, 1981.
ISBN
A treatise on Ursus americanus, the American black bear.
Great Bear Foundation. Field Guide to the Grizzly Bear.
ISBN 0-912365-55-2
A review of the biology and behaviour of the grizzly plus practical tips when
travelling in bear country.
Greenway, Theresa. Amazing Bears. Knopf Books, 1992
ISBN 0-679-82769-2
From the Eyewitness Juniors series (grades 1 to 5), this children's book describes the
world's bears, including the panda.
Griffith, Joseph P. Pandas. New York, New York: Gallery Books,
1988.
ISBN 0-8317-6720-0
A pictorial gallery with some textual information.
Grumbine, R. Edward. Ghost Bears: Exploring the Biodiversity Crisis. Washington,
D.C.: Island Press, 1992.
ISBN 1-55963-152-X
Herrero, Stephen. Bear Attacks: their Causes and Avoidance. New
York: Lyons and Burford Publishers; Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1985, 1988.
ISBN 0-88830-279-7 (softcover)
ISBN 0-941130-87-8 (hardcover)
The definitive book on the factors leading to bear encounters and strategies to avoid
and/or survive them.
Herrero, Stephen, ed. 1972. Bears - their Biology and Management.
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Bear Research and Management, University
of Calgary, November 1970. IUCN Publications new series no. 23.
ISBN
Hummel, M., editor. Endangered Spaces: the Future for Canada's Wilderness. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1989.
ISBN
1-55013-101-X
A collection of twenty-one leading conservationists on what has happened and what we must do now to protect the wilderness.
Hummel, M., editor. Protecting Canada's Endangered Spaces. Toronto, Canada: Key Porter Books.
ISBN 1-55013-710-7
Hunt, Joni Phelps. Bears: A Global Look at Bears in the Wild.
ISBN 0-918303-31-1
An excellent source book on bears around the world. The target audience is elementary
school students.
Jing, Zhu and Yangwen, Li. The Giant Panda. New York, New York:
Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981.
ISBN 0-442-20064-1
A highly pictorial look at the giant panda produced by two Chinese researchers.
Kaniut, Larry. Alaska Bear Tales. Anchorage: Alaska Northwest
Books, 1983.
ISBN 0-88240-232-3
Kaniut, Larry. More Alaska Bear Tales. Anchorage: Alaska
Northwest Books, 1989.
ISBN 0-88240-232-3
Kurten, Bjorn. The Cave Bear Story: Life and Death of a Vanished Animal.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1976.
ISBN 0-231-04017-2
A review of the evolution of bears with particular emphasis on the extinct cave bear.
Larsen, Thor. The World of the Polar Bear. New York: Hamlyn
Publishing Group, 1978.
ISBN 1-55521-416-9
An comprehensive look at polar bears including conservation efforts. This book was
reprinted in 1989.
Lynch, Wayne. Bears: Monarchs of the Northern Wilderness. Vancouver:
Greystone Books, 1993.
ISBN 1-55054-009-2
An expansive and technically superb study through word and picture of the four bear
species of the northern hemisphere.
Lynch, Wayne. Bears, Bears, Bears. Willowdale, Ontario: Firefly
Books, 1995.
ISBN 1-895565-72-3 (hardcover)
ISBN 1-895565-69-3 (softcover.)
Targeted for juvenile readers, this is an engaging guide to the eight bear species
around the world. Adults will also enjoy it.
Mathews, Downs and Guravich, Dan. Polar Bear Cubs. Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1989.
ISBN
This is an good introduction to polar bears.
McCracken, Harold. The Beast That Walks Like A Man. New York, New
York: Hanover House, 1955.
ISBN
McIntyre, Rick. Grizzly Cub: Five Years in the Life of a Bear. Anchorage,
Alaska: Northwest Books, 1990.
ISBN 0-88240-373-7
This true story follows the development of a grizzly cub in pictures and words in
Denali National Park, Alaska.
McNamee, Thomas. The Grizzly Bear. New York: Alfred A.
Knopf/Viking Press, 1984, 1990.
ISBN 0-14-012812-3
Written using "a year in the life of" format with additional historical and
research information.
Manford, Frederick. Lord Grizzly. Lincoln, Nebraska: Bison Books,
University of Nebraska Press, 1964, 1983.
ISBN 0-8032-8118-8
Mangelsen Thomas and Bruemer, Fred. Polar Dance - Born of the North Wind. Omaha, Nebraska: Images of Nature,
1997.
ISBN 0-9633080-8-4
A celebration of the Arctic and the realm of the polar bear. The book contains a large number of excellent photographs by Thomas D. Mangelsen. The text is by Fred Bruemmer.
Martinka, Clifford, and McArthur, Katherine (editors). Bears - their
Biology and Management. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Bear
Research and Management, Kalispell, Montana, 1980.
ISBN
Mathews, Downs (editor). Polar Bear. San Francisco, California:
Chronicle Books, 1993.
ISBN 0-8118-0204-3
A book full of excellent photographs by Dan Guravich.
Meslow, E.C., ed. 1983. Bears - their Biology and Management.
Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Bear Research and Management,
Madison, Wisconsin, February 1980.
ISBN
Milotte, Elma and Alfred. Toklat: the Story of an Alaskan Grizzly Bear.
Anchorage, Alaska: Northwest Books, 1987.
ISBN 0-88240-325-7
The true story of a mother grizzly and her three cubs living through the four seasons
of the year 1940.
Murray, John. The Great Bear: Contemporary Writings on the Grizzly.
Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska Northwest Books, 1992.
ISBN 0-88240-392-3
A collection of excellent essays.
Murray, John. Grizzly Bears: An Illustrated Field Guide. Boulder,
Colorado: Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1995.
ISBN 1-57098-029-2
An excellent book on the biology of the grizzly and how to act when you enter the
backcountry.
Olsen, Jack. Night of the Grizzlies. New York: Signet Books,
1969.
ISBN
A narrative description of the events surrounding the death of two different women by
two different bears in Glacier National Park, Montana in 1967.
Ovsyanikov, Nikita. Polar
Bears:Living with the White Bear. Voyageur Press, 1996.
ISBN 1-55192-030-1
An excellent new book about all aspects of the polar bear.
Peacock, Doug. Grizzly Years: in Search of the American Wilderness.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1990.
ISBN 0-8050-0448-3 (hardcover)
The author's poignant personal discovery of self is intertwined with his twenty-year
study of the grizzly.
Pelton, Mike., et al., eds. 1976. Bears - their Biology and Management.
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Bear Research and Management,
Binghamton, New York, and Moscow, Russia, June 1974. IUCN Publications new series no. 40.
ISBN
Perkins, James. Old Mose: King of the Grizzlies. Manitou Springs:
Colorado: Herodotus Press, 1991.
ISBN
Peterson, David. Ghost
Grizzlies: Does the Great Bear Still Haunt Colorado? Henry Holt, New York; 1995.
ISBN
Powell, R. A., J. W. Zimmerman &
D. E. Seaman. Ecology and Behaviour of the North American Black Bear: Home
Range, Habitat and Social Organization. Chapman & Hall, London; 1997.
ISBN 0 412 78830 6 (paper)
ISBN 0 412 57990 1 (cloth)
Pringle, Laurence (with photography by Lynn Rogers). Bearman. Chas. Scribner and Sons, 1989.
ISBN 0-684-19094-X
Winner of the John Burroughs Award for Nature Books for Young Readers. This book summarizes the findings of 30 years of bear research by Lynn Rogers, a leading world authority on American black bears.
Rockwell, David. Giving Voice to Bear: North American Indian, Myth,
Rituals and Images of the Bear. Niwot, Colorado: Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1991.
ISBN 1-879373-48-3 (paper)
ISBN 0-911797-97-1 (hardcover)
A comprehensive review of the relationship between aboriginal North Americans and
bears.
Rogers, Barbara Radcliffe. Giant Pandas. New York, New York:
Mallard Press, 1990.
ISBN 0-792-45242-9
An excellent book on all aspects of giant pandas including their evolution and present-day conservation efforts.
Roots, Clive. The Bamboo Bears. Winnipeg: Hyperion Press, 1989.
ISBN 0-920534-61-9
An excellent book about the panda bear.
Rosing, Norbert. The
World of the Polar Bear. Willowdale, Ontario: Firefly Books, 1996.
ISBN: 1-55209-068-X
An excellent book about all aspects of this northern bear.
Russell, Andy. Grizzly Country. New York: Lyons and Burford,
1967, 1985.
ISBN 0-394-42736-X
A diverse perspective on the grizzly bear.
Russell, Charles. Spirit Bear: Encounters with the White Bear of the
Western Rainforest, Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1994.
ISBN
A unique look at the Kermode bear, a rare white phase of the black bear found on two
islands, Princess Royal Island and Swindle Island, both located of the coast of British
Columbia, Canada.
Savage, Candace. Grizzly Bears. Vancouver, British Columbia:
Douglas and McIntyre, 1990.
ISBN 0-88894-678-3 (hardcover)
Both a historical and modern perspective on the grizzly bear interspersed with
outstanding bear photographs taken by a variety of wildlife photographers.
Schaller, George. The Last Panda.
ISBN 0-226-73628-8
With only a thousand or so giant pandas remaining in the wild, the author documents the
ongoing saga to save these magnificent bears in the Wolong and Tangjiahe panda reserves.
Schaller, George; Jinchu, Hu; Wenshi, Pan; and Jing, Zhu. The Giant
Pandas of Wolong. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985.
ISBN 0-226-73643-1
An in-depth scientific study of the giant pandas who exist within China's largest panda
reserve.
Schullery, Paul. The Bears of Yellowstone. Worland, Wyoming: High
Plains Publishing Company/The Yellowstone Association, 1992.
ISBN 0-934948-00-3 (papercover) ISBN 0-934948-01-1 (hardcover)
A modern account of current conservation efforts in Yellowstone National Park.
Shepard, Paul and Sanders, Barry The Sacred Paw: the Bear in Nature,
Myth and Literature. New York: Viking Penguin Press, 1985.
ISBN 0-14-019454-1
A discussion of the bear in nature, legend, myth, and literature.
Sterling, Ian (editor). Bears: Majestic Creatures of the Wild
Emmaus, Pennsylvania: Rodale Press, 1993
ISBN 0-875-965520
A comprehensive reference book with contributions from a number of bear researchers.
Sterling, Ian (editor). Polar Bears Ann Arbor, Michigan:
University of Michigan Press, 1990.
ISBN 0-472-08108-X
Waldrip, R. Leland. The
Last Grizzly. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Dorrance Publishing, 1995.
ISBN 0-8059-3710-2
This book details the plight of a grizzly bear that travels from the fires of
Yellowstone Park into southwestern Colorado.
Walter, Tom and Aumiller, Larry. River of Bears. Stillwater,
Wyoming: Voyageur Press, 1993.
ISBN
A detailed study of the reknowned McNeil River Brown Bear Sanctuary in Alaska. The text
is richly interspersed with excellent photography.
Ward, Kennan. Grizzlies in the Wild. Minocqua, Wisconsin:
Northword Press, 1994.
ISBN 1-55971-425-5
Wolfe, Art. Bears: - their Life and Behaviour. Crown Publishing
Group, 1992
ISBN 0-517-58498-0
Wood, Daniel. Bears. North
Vancouver, British Columbia: Smithbooks/Whitecap Books, 1995.
ISBN 0-88665-333-9
Zager, Paul, ed. 1985. Bears - their Biology and Management. Proceedings
of the Sixth International Conference on Bear Research and Management. Grand
Canyon, Arizona, February, 1983.
ISBN
Zager, Paul, ed. 1987. Bears - their Biology and Management. Proceedings
of the Seventh International Conference on Bear Research and Management,
Williamsburg, Virginia, and Plitvice Lakes, Yugoslavia, February and March, 1987.
ISBN
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