No Room For Bears
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
At a time when America's great wilderness was shrinking under the boot of civilization, naturalist and writer Frank Dufresne sounded a passionate alarm for one of the continent's most iconic and imperiled creatures. No Room for Bears chronicles the precarious existence of North American bears — grizzlies, black bears, and polar bears alike — as relentless human expansion devours their ancient habitats, pushing these magnificent animals to the very edge of survival. Drawing on decades of firsthand experience in the Alaskan wilderness, Dufresne presents vivid, on-the-ground accounts that capture both the majesty and the vulnerability of these creatures in a rapidly changing world. Written with the authority of a seasoned wildlife official and the lyrical warmth of a true outdoorsman, this urgent conservation narrative stands as a landmark work in American natural history writing. Dufresne masterfully weaves scientific observation with personal anecdote, painting an intimate portrait of a world teetering on the brink of irreversible loss. A powerful predecessor to the modern environmental movement, the book forces the reader to confront a haunting question that remains as relevant today as it was in 1965 — in a world built for mankind, is there any room left for the wild?
Author: Frank Dufresne
Format: Hardback
Published: 1966
Genre: Natural history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
At a time when America's great wilderness was shrinking under the boot of civilization, naturalist and writer Frank Dufresne sounded a passionate alarm for one of the continent's most iconic and imperiled creatures. No Room for Bears chronicles the precarious existence of North American bears — grizzlies, black bears, and polar bears alike — as relentless human expansion devours their ancient habitats, pushing these magnificent animals to the very edge of survival. Drawing on decades of firsthand experience in the Alaskan wilderness, Dufresne presents vivid, on-the-ground accounts that capture both the majesty and the vulnerability of these creatures in a rapidly changing world. Written with the authority of a seasoned wildlife official and the lyrical warmth of a true outdoorsman, this urgent conservation narrative stands as a landmark work in American natural history writing. Dufresne masterfully weaves scientific observation with personal anecdote, painting an intimate portrait of a world teetering on the brink of irreversible loss. A powerful predecessor to the modern environmental movement, the book forces the reader to confront a haunting question that remains as relevant today as it was in 1965 — in a world built for mankind, is there any room left for the wild?