True Bear Stories

Joaquin Miller (1837 - 1913)

Joaquin Miller dedicated this book to "my dear little daughter...for whose pleasure and instruction I have many times dug up the most of these stories from out the days of my boyhood." In his preface he claims to prefer true stories to made-up ones. And he always defends bears, which he thinks have gotten an undeserved bad reputation from the general populous.

Miller strives here to pass on a respect for the variety and wisdom in the lives of real bears. But perhaps we should offer one caution: throughout his life Joaquin Miller gained a reputation for being a supreme liar! (summary by Bill Boerst)

Genre(s): Children's Non-fiction, Animals

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface and Introductory Notes Greg Giordano
00:14:33
Play 01 A Bear on Fire Ares Krstic
00:16:54
Play 02 Music-Loving Bears; My First Grizzly DJRickyV
00:19:50
Play 03 Twin Babies Geza Hrazdina
00:12:09
Play 04 In Swimming With a Bear Greg Giordano
00:15:49
Play 05 A Fat Little Editor and Three Little Browns; Treeing a Bear DJRickyV
00:21:16
Play 06 Bill Cross and His Pet Bear; The Great Grizzly Bear DJRickyV
00:23:25
Play 07 As a Humorist; A Grizzly's Sly Little Joke; The Grizzly as Fremont Found Him Chris A. Hawkins
00:08:25
Play 08 The Bear With Spectacles Leara Morris-Clark
00:12:55
Play 09 The Bear Slayer of San Diego Joseph Tabler
00:17:20
Play 10 The Alaskan and Polar Bear Greg Giordano
00:12:39
Play 11 Monnehan, the Great Bear Hunter of Oregon RLC
00:09:41
Play 12 The Bear 'Monarch.' Part A Geza Hrazdina
00:18:44
Play 13 The Bear 'Monarch.' Part B Geza Hrazdina
00:19:52
Play 14 The Bear 'Monarch.' Part C Brookpundt
00:13:48
Play 15 Scientific Classification of Bears Larry Wilson
00:27:15