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• Winner of John Burroughs Medal for Outstanding Natural History Writing (Natural History) 2015

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This book is one that all with a professional or personal interest in the bears of North America will benefit from and enjoy reading. Indeed, all with these interests in northern hemisphere bears will find useful information here as Simpson discusses brown and polar bears as well as the North American black bear. -- International Bear News

Simpson brings a talented writer s skill and a high level of competence to her insightful look at one of the earth s most fascinating creatures in one of the wildest places left on the planet. Sterling Miller, past President of the International Association of Bear Research and Management

Accessible and insightful, Dominion of Bears is a mix of ecology, social science, history, travelogue, and science. Simpson has created a stunningly fresh look at the bears most people thought they knew. --Andrew E. Derocher, author of Polar Bears: A Complete Guide to their Biology and Behavior <br><br><br><br>

Accessible and insightful, Dominion of Bears is a mix of ecology, social science, history, travelogue, and science. Simpson has created a stunningly fresh look at the bears most people thought they knew. --Andrew E. Derocher, author of Polar Bears: A Complete Guide to their Biology and Behavior

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Sherry Simpson, considered one of Alaska’s most accomplished essayists, is the author of two previous books, The Way Winter Comes: Alaska Stories, winner of the Chinook Literary Prize, and The Accidental Explorer: Wayfinding in Alaska. She is an associate professor in the Creative Writing and Literary Arts Department at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

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