The Grizzly King

James Oliver Curwood was at one time as popular an author of books about animals as Jack London. The author's love of the high country and it's wildlife is obvious in every page. The Disney anti-hunting, anti-American movie The Bear was based on this short book, a novella really, and the movie fell far short of the book. The book shows the author's intimate understanding and empathy with the bears, and wild animals in general.