Joaquin Miller dedicated this book to "my dear little daughter...for whose pleasure and instruction I have many times dug up the most of these stories from out the days of my boyhood." In his preface he claims to prefer true stories to made-up ones. And he always defends bears, which he thinks have gotten an undeserved bad reputation from the general populous.
Miller strives here to pass on a respect for the variety and wisdom in the lives of real bears. But perhaps we should offer one caution: throughout his life Joaquin Miller gained a reputation for being a supreme liar! (summary by Bill Boerst)
Miller strives here to pass on a respect for the variety and wisdom in the lives of real bears. But perhaps we should offer one caution: throughout his life Joaquin Miller gained a reputation for being a supreme liar! (summary by Bill Boerst)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Preface and Introductory Notes
14:33 - Chapter 2
A Bear on Fire
16:54 - Chapter 3
Music-Loving Bears; My First Grizzly
19:50 - Chapter 4
Twin Babies
12:09 - Chapter 5
In Swimming With a Bear
15:49 - Chapter 6
A Fat Little Editor and Three Little Browns; Treeing a Bear
21:16 - Chapter 7
Bill Cross and His Pet Bear; The Great Grizzly Bear
23:25 - Chapter 8
As a Humorist; A Grizzly's Sly Little Joke; The Grizzly as Fremont Found Him
08:25 - Chapter 9
The Bear With Spectacles
12:55 - Chapter 10
The Bear Slayer of San Diego
17:20 - Chapter 11
The Alaskan and Polar Bear
12:39 - Chapter 12
Monnehan, the Great Bear Hunter of Oregon
09:41 - Chapter 13
The Bear 'Monarch.' Part A
18:44 - Chapter 14
The Bear 'Monarch.' Part B
19:52 - Chapter 15
The Bear 'Monarch.' Part C
13:48 - Chapter 16
Scientific Classification of Bears
27:15