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 Excellent book July 3, 2007
Very Scary book based on true events. Don't read if you plan to camp in bear country.
Scare-O-Rama January 16, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Great, well-written, true-life account of the infamous Glacier National Park grizzly attacks. But now I'm afraid to take the trash out to the curb at night. Superior to the lesser copycat work: "Night of the Smoky Mountain Black Bears", recounting tales of ravaged trash barrels, violated Igloo coolers, and steaming malodorous heaps left behind at mid-campsite.
 My cousin March 30, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read this book a couple years after it came out. I am now reodering it for my daughter as I have lost my original copy. One of the girls in this book was my cousin who was a couple years older than me at the time this happened. I could not read it at first but later could not put it down. Well written and respectful of the victims and their families. I have been to this park and it is truly beautiful.
ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING January 4, 2006
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I first read this book in the early 70's and have re-read it countless times since. It's amazingly well-written, descriptive, and painstakingly researched, as well as sensitive to the people, victims and otherwise, involved in this tragedy. It builds up effectively from an overview of Glacier Park and the people who will become involved in the story, and the events leading up to "the long weekend," when 2 young girls were killed- and eaten- by 2 different bears on the same night. The book is not sensationalist but the actual sequence of events will make every hair you own stand on end and hopefully dissuade you from ever camping out without a tent in bear country.
Favorite Book July 8, 2005
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
When asked for my favorite book, this is usually the answer. I don't know that this was a pioneer in the man vs. man-made-complicated-natural disaster genre (ala Into Thin Air or A Perfect Storm), but it's a masterpiece of its kind. What Jaws did for swimming at the beach, this does for camping trips and zoo visits. Try it.
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