Grizzly Years : In Search of the American Wilderness

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Summary: Detailed and Intense: Very hard to put down.
Review: After finding out that Hayduke really does live, I had to get his book to compare the real man to Abbey's character. Grizzly Years took me on a high adventure experience with "the man" himself. It was an increasingly intense experience with a climactic ending that seems as unescapable as Haydukes Jeep disappearing act in the Monkey Wrench Gang. I set a speed record reading this book. If you like primitive outdoor living in wilderness settings, then you at home reading this.

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Summary: I did not want this book to end! Beyond Terrific!!!!
Review: After reading so much of Edward Abby, I discovered this book through a friend and after two years, I still thank him for telling me about The Grizzly Years. Doug Peacock's writing was not only captivating and inspiring, it was also picturesque. Mr. Peacock, I know nothing about you really, but should you ever read this be happy to know that there are a lot of river guides, wildlife biologists, and mountain guides working in the wilderness in central Idaho that have seen Grizzly and have read your book and appreciate you, your books, the bears, and your attitude. Thank you!

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Summary: genuine literature about humanity and grizzly bears
Review: Beautifully written literature that tells the tale of how grizzly bears saved the soul of a man who lost it during the Vietnam war. Peacock's message is that humility is the foundation of humanity, and grizzly bears are the one creature in North America that can still give us humility. We have the technology to turn Glacier National Park into a shopping mall; saving grizzly bears is an act of grace that will save our souls and our humanity.

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Summary: About bears, dignity, survival and a man with his demons
Review: Doug Peacock drew me into his world with grace. He describes a female Grizzly protecting her cubs from the onslaught of a male rogue Grizzly where just before her neck will be broken by his bite she turns her head away and the rogue stops his attack and walks away. The author picks up on this and uses it to calm another Grizzly in his path. What stories!! Along with the adventure the author is honest enough to show his demons and I ache when it's obvious that he doesn't know how to continue in a relationship with his loved one. Read this book uniterrupted

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Summary: The American Wilderness re-defined
Review: Doug took me into the American wilderness with a real appreciation of what man's role it it should be. Minimal at best. In the meantime, we are taken to southeast Asia to witness another kind of man-made wilderness. I now have a new appreciation for preserving the American landscape, as wild and dangerous as it may be.

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Summary: great, honest book by a great, honest man
Review: Grizzly Years is easily one of the best "nature" books written in recent years. It is a great story of a man, like so many, soured by his service in the war in Vietnam. Though I did not read this book for its war aspect, Mr. Peacock does a great job blending it with the nature part of the book. It is very apparent how much these bears mean to Doug, and his fight to protect them is nothing short of courageous. Grizzly Years is a great nature book with human aspects thrown in, much like Lynn Schooler's The Blue Bear. I recently had the privaledge of meeting and listening to Doug, and it was one of the pleasures of my life to shake hands with a man I admire so much. I recommend this book to any lover of the natural world. Doug Peacock will change your perspective on the natural world, like so few can.

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Summary: One of a kind
Review: I came across this book after hiking in Glacier NP and seeing a griz, and stopping in Cody Wy and hearing about a griz sighting there. Other reviews describing this gem are accurate, but I have to say that Peacock is a man whose contribution to grizzly awareness will not be surpassed. I have read this several times, along with Ghost Grizzlies, by Petersen; Lost Grizzlies, by Rick Bass(possibly the best outdoor writer since Thoreau); and The Abstract Wild, by Turner. Each of these is important and all of them are must reads.No one will ever come close to duplicating the type of life Peacock has led; this tells of an odyssey that is heroic.We just don't get to know people like him, because he hasn't got time for us.Too bad he hasn't written more. I would give this 10 stars if I could.........

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Summary: I met and was fascinated by the man before I read the book.
Review: I met Doug Peacock when he was a guest speaker at the Telluride Colorado Mushroom festival. This may seem like an odd venue for an author whose subject is grizzly bears, but when you have heard his stories of survival in the wilderness, part of which involved wild mushrooms, it no longer seems so bizarre. Peacock's dedication to knowing the grizzly is all-encompassing, and it is plain that without an extensive understanding of the natural world he would not have been able to get as close to his subject as he did. He is comparable to Jane Goodall and her relationship to chimpanzees, though the nature of the grizzly does somewhat preclude the intimacy Goodall had with chimps. Peacock got as close to grizzlys as a human can without changing places in the food chain, and just barely at that. This man carries an aura of intensity unlike any I've ever encountered. He knows whereof he speaks, at a level so much deeper than most people will ever encounter that it is impossible to ignore him. He is driven from such a fundamental level that it is obvious that he has no agenda other than understanding. Read and learn.

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Summary: An excellent book.
Review: I thought that Doug Peacock's book was excellent it had great descriptions and excellent examples. Doug Peacock is a excellent writer and an excellent naturalist.

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Summary: zen and the art of bear watching
Review: In the absence of Ed Abbey I gave DP a look. Doug Peacock's narrative on grizzes sandwiched with his experiences as a Green Beret medic is a great tale. Read this book. And Doug, if you are reading this, please, more of the same.