The Grizzly Maze by Nick Jans

The Grizzly Maze by Nick Jans

Timothy Treadwell, self-styled "bear whisperer" dared to live among the grizzlies, seeking to overturn the perception of them as dangerously aggressive animals. When he and his girlfriend were mauled, it created a media sensation.

InThe Grizzly Maze, Nick Jans, a seasoned outdoor writer with a quarter century of experience writing about Alaska and bears, traces Treadwell's rise from unknown waiter in California to celebrity, providing a moving portrait of the man whose controversial ideas and behavior earned him the scorn of hunters, the adoration of animal lovers and the skepticism of naturalists.

"Intensely imagistic, artfully controlled prose . . . behind the building tension of Treadwell's path to oblivion, a stunning landscape looms."-Newsday

Nick Jans is a well-known and prolific writer from Alaska. He's written many books, including A Place Beyond, and hundreds of magazine articles, as well as contributing to many anthologies. He's also a contributing editor to Alaska Magazine and a member of USA Today's board of editorial contributors. Poetry, short fiction, literary essays, natural history, outdoor adventure, fishing, and political commentary are among his many genres. Several writing honors have been bestowed upon him, including a Rasmuson Foundation artist grant. He and his wife, Sherrie, currently reside in Juneau and travel extensively around Alaska. He returns to Ambler, the arctic Inupiaq Inuit village where he lived for 20 years and still calls home, every year.