A Shape in the Dark: Living and Dying with Brown Bears

A Shape in the Dark: Living and Dying with Brown Bears

In A Shape in the Dark, wilderness guide and lifelong Alaskan Bjorn Dihle weaves personal experience with historical and contemporary accounts to explore the world of brown bears--from encounters with…

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