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About this Book
In 1769, some 10,000 grizzlies roamed California.
One hundred years later, these magnificent beasts faced extinction.
Today they are long gone.
In The Day of the Grizzly, prominent California
historian William
Secrest, Sr. (California Desperadoes, When the Great Spirit
Died)
tells the fascinating story of the most ferocious animal in the West and
how it met it’s demise at the hand of man.
Grizzlies were slaughtered out of fear, used for meat, and even
forced to fight with bulls for the sheer sport of it. Day of the
Grizzly includes the story of the life of greatest bear man of them
all—Grizzly Adams!
As with all of Secrest’s books this one is lavishly illustrated with
contemporary photographs and engravings. Some never published
before.
About the Author
Chronicler of the
American West for almost 50 years, William B.
Secrest, Sr., is the author
of
eight books about early California crime, including
California
Badmen,
California Desperadoes,and
Perilous Trails, Dangerous Men.
He has also written a history of California’s Indian
wars,
When the Great Spirit Died;
a biography of San Francisco’s legendary chief of detectives, Isaiah
Lees (Dark
and Tangled Threads of Crime);
a biography of Harry Love, captain of the California Rangers who hunted
down Joaquin Murietta (The
Man from the Rio Grande);
and is
coauthor
of
California Disasters,
written with his son, William B. Secrest,
Jr.
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