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ISBN: 0-937708-30-5. Great Northwest Publishing. First Edition. Copyright 2004. Softcover. 352 pages. 1 map, 83 B&W photos, 2 charts, 13 adverts. Dimensions 5.5" x 8.5" x .75" Back cover: Kodiak Island and Its Bears starts where history has not yet arrived and tells the Island's story through the eyes of paleontologists. The complete story of human-bear interaction is then told through accounts from early myth and legend, continuing until the arrival of the first Russian Explorers. The crucial story of Kodiak Natives and their Russian overlords in the early fur trade is described in vivid detail, as only can be done by one who has actually lived a life resembling that of the earliest settlers. Mr. Dodge covers this ear in a way that lets the reader actually grasp the feeling that men have when living the primitive way. Perhaps the richest portion of this work deals with the great Kodiak Brown Bear as it is has successfully faced modern man for the last 200 years. Dodge tells this story with endless anecdotal accounts of human and bear encounters, many of which ended in human tragedy. Despite centuries of hunting and, at times, calls for their eradication, Kodiak bears have always had their human allies. This alliance has allowed the Kodiak bear to persevere and ultimately flourish. It can only be hoped that future chapters in their history will allow for their continued prosperity. Part of the Publishers Foreword
Harry Dodge got his start on Kodiak Island working for Bill Pinnell and Morris Talifson. Harry Dodge knows Kodiak Island and its bears as well as any man alive today. And his knowledge of the island's history, its people, its flora and fauna, now stands unsurpassed. Harry Dodge is the historian of Kodiak Island today, and an authority to be consulted by any serious student of the island. Table of Contents
Publisher's Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Prehistoric Era
Chapter 2 - Russian/American Colonialism
Chapter 3 - Roots of Big - Game Hunting on Kodiak
Chapter 4 - A Guiding Industry is Established on Kodiak
Chapter 5 - Kodiak's "Golden Years" of Bear Hunting
Chapter 6 - Native Guides
Chapter 7 - Bears, Cattle, Salmon and Man
About the Author
Bibliography
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