Down from the Mountain, Bryce Andrews
Down from the Mountain, Bryce Andrews
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Down from the Mountain
The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear

Author: Bryce Andrews

Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross

Unabridged: 7 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/16/2019


Synopsis

The grizzly is one of North America's few remaining large predators. Their range is diminished, but they're spreading across the West again. Descending into valleys where once they were king, bears find the landscape they'd known for eons utterly changed by the new most dominant animal: humans. As the grizzlies approach, the people of the region are wary, at best, of their return.

In searing detail, award-winning writer, Montana rancher, and conservationist Bryce Andrews tells us about one such grizzly. Millie is a typical mother: strong, cunning, fiercely protective of her cubs. But raising those cubs—a challenging task in the best of times—becomes ever harder as the mountains change, the climate warms and people crowd the valleys. There are obvious dangers, like poachers, and subtle ones as well, like the corn field that draws her out of the foothills and sets her on a path toward trouble and ruin.

That trouble is where Bryce's story intersects with Millie's. It is the heart of Down from the Mountain, a singular drama evoking a much larger one: an entangled, bloody collision between two species in the modern-day West, where the shrinking wilds force man and bear into ever closer proximity.

About Bryce Andrews

Bryce Andrews was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. He studied at Whitman College and the University of Montana, and has managed several cattle ranches in the West. He lives in Montana.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dave

This is a heartfelt account of Millie, a grizzly sow with two cubs in tow, who is enticed down the mountain by a farmers corn crop. I loved the feeling the author conveys when he knows he is in bear country as I could relate because I was in Montana and Canada when I read this one. Nothing quite lik......more

Goodreads review by Van

I debated giving this book 4.5 or 5 stars, finally deciding on the full 5. Perhaps it was because I am familiar with the area described in this book; perhaps it was due to my fascination with grizzlies. I have never run in Millie’s Woods, but I have run in the Jocko valley and the Evaro area. I reme......more