eBook The Blue Bear: A True Story of Friendship, Tragedy, and Survival in the Alaskan Wilderness ePub

In 1990 Schooler met Japanese photographer Michio Hoshino and began a profound friendship forged by a love of adventure and cemented by their mutual obsession with finding the elusive glacier bear, an exceedingly rare creature, seldom seen and shrouded in legend. But it was only after Hoshino's tragic death from a bear attack that Schooler succeeded in photographing the animal - and only then that he Was able to complete his journey and find new meaning in his own life.

Lynn Schooler is one of America's great living authors. His work, set in Alaska, is beautifully crafted. Schooler and Hoshino spent more than a decade looking for such a bear and their friendship grew and flourished during that time. In reading this book there are many times when one has simply to stop and re-read a sentence or whole paragraph to enjoy the beauty of such crystal clear writing and structure. As you follow Schooler and Hoshino through their ventures, you are treated to wonderful stories about Alaska from millions of years ago to the modern age.

Walking Home: A Traveler in the Alaskan Wilderness, a Journey into the . The Blue Bear is non-fiction at its best. I picked up the Blue Bear right after I finished reading Walking Home, Lynn's other book. I would highly recommend that as well.

Walking Home: A Traveler in the Alaskan Wilderness, a Journey into the Human Heart. It tells of the friendship between the author and a Japanese nature photographer, Michio Hoshino. Hoshino wants to get a picture of a rare glacier bear or blue bear.

Schooler is a natural-born story-teller and his knowledge and love of the Alaskan wilderness make every paragraph glow with .

Schooler is a natural-born story-teller and his knowledge and love of the Alaskan wilderness make every paragraph glow with authenticity. Like most good books, the Blue Bear can be enjoyed and appreciated on many different levels: it's a wonderful adventure story, it captures the precious qualities of friendship and it encapsulates Schooler's life-affirming world view in a way that is powerful, but never preachy.

In 1990, Schooler met Japanese photographer Michio Hoshino, and began a profound friendship . The Blue Bear is an unforgettable book.

But only after Hoshino's tragic death from a bear attack does Schooler succeed in photographing the animal - completing a remarkable journey that ultimately brings new meaning to his life.

His first book, The Blue Bear: A True Story of Friendship, Tragedy, and Survival, released in 2002 by The Ecco Press, is a memoir that tells the story of the author's friendship with the Japanese wildlife photographer Michio Hoshino, who is killed by a brown bear in the Kurilskoya brown-bear refuge on the Kamchatka Peninsula on August 8, 1996.

Authors: Lynn Schooler. Books are sold with a 21 day guarantee. ISBN 13: 9780066210858. Released: 2002-05-07. Format: Hardcover (288 pages). Availability: Ready to ship. Merchant Details: Chegg is the number-one provider of textbook rentals. The company has been helping college students get cheap textbooks for years. All rentals come with a 21-day Satisfaction Guarantee, 14 days for eTextbooks.

Lynn Schooler is an American novelist, nonfiction author, photographer, an outdoorsman, and Alaskan wilderness guide living in Juneau, Alaska. He wrote The Blue Bear, The Last Shot and Walking Home. Schooler, originally from San Antonio, Texas, has lived in Alaska for since 1969. He is a two-time winner of Alaska magazine's grand prize for wildlife photography and winner of the National Wildlife grand prize.

Lynn Schooler, author of The Blue Bear, has lived in Alaska for more than thirty years.

Author: Lynn Schooler. Talkeetna Twines: Alaska Wilderness Survival, Mystery, and Romance. Lemon Sherbet and Dolly Blue: The Story of an Accidental Family. The Bear and the People. HELP! A Bear is Eating Me!