{"product_id":"chasing-the-ghost-bear-9781496229021","title":"Chasing the Ghost Bear","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2023 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading the West Longlist for Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e No animal shakes the human consciousness quite like a bear, and few compare to the giant short-faced bears that stalked North America during the Pleistocene. Even among the mammoths and saber-toothed cats, they were a staggering sight: on all fours, the biggest would stare a six-foot person in the face and weigh close to a ton. On hind legs they towered more than ten feet, with jaws powerful enough to crush skulls and snap bones like twigs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The bears weren’t invincible, however. Despite their size, they were swept off the planet in a mysterious wave of Ice Age extinctions more than ten thousand years ago, then mostly forgotten. \u003ci\u003eChasing the Ghost Bear\u003c\/i\u003e is Mike Stark’s journey into the bear’s enigmatic story—its life, disappearance, and rediscovery—and those trying to piece it together today. An engaging guide through his\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is journalism at its best.\"—Vernon Schmid, \u003ci\u003eRoundUp Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Thank heavens for Mike Stark for rummaging around in creepy caves, unearthing remote museum curators, and otherwise doing the far-flung homework needed to bring us this compelling elegy to one of prehistoric North America’s most spectacular carnivores.”—Paul Schullery, author of \u003ci\u003eLewis and Clark among the Grizzlies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bear Doesn’t Know\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A finely crafted mosaic of natural history, historical drama, and personal odyssey—seasoned with musings about the impermanence of life. . . . Mike Stark has managed to bring back to life not only this fascinating animal—\u003ci\u003eArctodus simus\u003c\/i\u003e, the giant short-faced bear—but also the paleontologists who risked life and limb pursuing its scattered remains.”—David Mattson, former longtime grizzly bear scientist for the National Park Service and U.S. Geological Survey\u003cbr\u003e\"Readers with an interest in paleontology, zoology, or ecology will find this book fascinating. Those unfamiliar with these disciplines may find their curiosity piqued by opening the book.\"—J. Kemper Campbell, \u003ci\u003eLincoln Journal Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A must-have for anyone with an interest in prehistoric bears!\"—\u003ci\u003eBirdbooker Report\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e List of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Part 1: The Beast Is Here\u003cbr\u003e 1. Into the Dark\u003cbr\u003e 2. Skull\u003cbr\u003e 3. A Family of Bears\u003cbr\u003e 4. Bone Trove\u003cbr\u003e 5. Inside\u003cbr\u003e 6. Into the Pleistocene\u003cbr\u003e 7. Bears in Proximity\u003cbr\u003e 8. Bears Are Everywhere\u003cbr\u003e Part 2: Goo\u003cbr\u003e 9. La Brea\u003cbr\u003e 10. Hiding in the Muck\u003cbr\u003e 11. Teeth and Bones\u003cbr\u003e 12. A Surge of Discovery\u003cbr\u003e Part 3: Bones\u003cbr\u003e 13. What Happened in Fulton County\u003cbr\u003e 14. Real Monsters\u003cbr\u003e 15. A Hoosier’s Search\u003cbr\u003e 16. Dispossessed\u003cbr\u003e Part 4: North and South\u003cbr\u003e 17. Fitful Arrivals\u003cbr\u003e 18. Imagining \u003ci\u003eArctodus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Great and Far North\u003cbr\u003e 20. Lubbock\u003cbr\u003e 21. Ancient Hunters\u003cbr\u003e Part 5: Last Stand\u003cbr\u003e 22. Endings\u003cbr\u003e 23. What Happened?\u003cbr\u003e 24. De-extinction\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409238040919,"sku":"9781496229021","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496229021.jpg?v=1730506090","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chasing-the-ghost-bear-9781496229021","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}