Back from his second tour as a Green Beret medic in Vietnam, war-weary Doug Peacock looked for a place to regroup. He found it in the vast Rocky Mountain wilderness, where he also found another besieged veteran--the American grizzly. Peacock takes us into the bear's habitat, where we observe directly this majestic animal's behavior. 8-page color insert.

For nearly twenty years, alone and unarmed, author Doug Peacock traversed the rugged mountains of Montana and Wyoming tracking the magnificent grizzly. His thrilling narrative takes us into the bear's habitat, where we observe directly this majestic animal's behavior, from hunting strategies, mating patterns, and denning habits to social hierarchy and methods of communication. As Peacock tracks the bears, his story turns into a thrilling narrative about the breaking down of suspicion between man and beast in the wild.