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Down from the Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear by Bryce Andrews
5.0
“There are so many of us now. If we each do a little wrong, it will still be enough to consume and destroy what I hold dear. ... In my lower moments, it seems I could... make no headway against our epidemic lack of restraint.”
This is a heartbreaking account of a bear and her cubs, and what happens to them when humans move too close to their world. This is an account of Grizzly Bears in Montana, but could easily be about wolves in Canada, Condors in California, or sea turtles in Hawaii. Humans are spreading out, building and farming in these animal territories, and it is the animals that pay the price.
Bryce Andrews is a sensitive, careful writer, and his prose both educates and evokes great emotion. How Andrews writes about farming reminds me of Wendell Berry, and his curiosity and love for wildlife puts him in the rank of Sy Montgomery. This is an important book, and everyone should read it.
This is a heartbreaking account of a bear and her cubs, and what happens to them when humans move too close to their world. This is an account of Grizzly Bears in Montana, but could easily be about wolves in Canada, Condors in California, or sea turtles in Hawaii. Humans are spreading out, building and farming in these animal territories, and it is the animals that pay the price.
Bryce Andrews is a sensitive, careful writer, and his prose both educates and evokes great emotion. How Andrews writes about farming reminds me of Wendell Berry, and his curiosity and love for wildlife puts him in the rank of Sy Montgomery. This is an important book, and everyone should read it.