Ecology
The
Blue Bear: A True Story of Friendship, Tragedy, and Survival in the Alaskan
Wilderness
by Lynn Schooler
"People step into the [Alaskan] landscape and vanish without a trace,"
writes wildlife guide Lynn Schooler in this ode to the wild beauty of the
Alaskan coast, an unusual friendship, and a mysterious bear with fur the
color of "burnished metal." Schooler spent a decade searching for the elusive
blue (or glacier) bear with Michio Hoshino, Japan's preeminent wildlife
photographer. Hoshino was a gentle genius who would sit still for hours,
his face swelling from mosquito bites, for the perfect photograph, and
who had the same patience and consideration for a bruised heart like Schooler's.
Schooler had lost all ability to trust, scarred first by the scorn of classmates
for his twisted body and finally by the brutal murder of the woman he loved.
But as a guide--both for wildlife photographers and for readers of this
evocative and gracefully composed memoir--Schooler richly reveals the place
that sustains him. He makes remarkable connections between whales and the
complex workings of old-growth forests, between glaciers dropping 100-foot
columns of ice into waiting fjords, and the breathing of the planet. Ultimately,
though, it is Hoshino's death by a bear that finally enables Schooler to
make peace with humanity and death. A quiet, profound gem. --Lesley
Reed - Amazon.com
Hardcover: 288 pages
Ecco Press; ISBN: 0066210852; (May 7, 2002)
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