The Grizzly Maze: Timothy Treadwell's Fatal Obsession with Alaskan Bears
by Nick Jans
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Author: Nick JansEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language)
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Published: 2005-07-07
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 288
Book Reviews of The Grizzly Maze: Timothy Treadwell's Fatal Obsession with Alaskan Bears
Book Review: A Good Read about a Foolish Man
Summary: 4 Stars
Like many others here, my exposure to Timothy Treadwell was by catching part of his special on TV. Regardless of knowing him or not, the impression this footage leaves with any clear-eyed viewer is that the man was a total loon.
Jans' book clears up this misconception straight away and does so with clear facts. Mr. Treadwell was an enigma - part child, part eco-warrior. But he was also, according to this book, a lovable fool that got in over his head and whose trust of bears culminated in his and Hugenard's demise.
If you are only wanting to know about the Treadwell story, you can stop reading after page 174. The rest is anecdotal information about Jans' own experience, data about bears, ways to prevent attacks from them, etc. Interesting information in it's own right, but not really necessary to the Treadwell story.
The book is written in a down-home vernacular and reading it feels like a favorite uncle is telling you a good yarn. This tends to help soften the horrifying reality of Treadwell and Hugenard's deaths a bit and also treats Treadwell's life story with the kid gloves it probably deserves. He wasn't a bad person, just a foolish one and Jans treatment shows a decent amount of respect if nothing else.
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Summary of The Grizzly Maze: Timothy Treadwell's Fatal Obsession with Alaskan Bears
With a new introduction on Werner Herzog?s film entitled The Grizzly ManTimothy Treadwell, self-styled "bear whisperer" dared to live among the grizzlies, seeking to overturn the perception of them as dangerously aggressive animals. When he and his girlfriend were mauled in October 2003, it created a media sensation.
In The Grizzly Maze, Nick Jans, a seasoned outdoor writer with a quarter century of experience writing about Alaska and bears, traces Treadwell?s rise from unknown waiter in California to celebrity, providing a moving portrait of the man whose controversial ideas and behavior earned him the scorn of hunters, the adoration of animal lovers and the skepticism of naturalists.
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