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First published more than a century ago, The Biography of a Grizzly
recounts the life of a fictitious bear named Wahb who lived and
died in the Greater Yellowstone region. This new edition combines
Ernest Thompson Seton's classic tale and original illustrations
with historical and scientific context for Wahb's story, providing
a thorough understanding of the setting, cultural connections,
biology, and ecology of Seton's best-known book. By the time The
Biography of a Grizzly was published in 1900, grizzly bears had
been hunted out of much of their historical range in North America.
The characterization of Wahb, along with Seton's other
anthropomorphic tales of American wildlife, helped to change public
perceptions and promote conservation. As editors Jeremy M. Johnston
and Charles R. Preston remind us, however, Seton's approach to
writing about animals put him at the center of the ""Nature-Faker""
controversy of the early twentieth century, when John Burroughs and
Theodore Roosevelt, among others, denounced sentimental
representations of wildlife. The editors address conservation
scientists' continuing concerns about inaccurate depictions of
nature in popular culture. Despite its anthropomorphism, Seton's
paradoxical book imparts a good deal of insightful and accurate
natural history, even as its exaggerations shaped
early-twentieth-century public opinion on conservation in often
counterproductive ways. By complicating Seton's enthralling tale
with scientific observations of grizzly behavior in the wild,
Johnston and Preston evaluate the story's accuracy and bring the
story of Yellowstone grizzlies into the present day. Preserving the
1900 edition's original design and illustrations, Wahb brings new
understanding to an American classic, updating the book for current
and future generations.
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