California grizzly
The California Bear Flag and the University of California football team the Golden Bears emblemize the great animal that has been extinct in California since the 1920s but once numbered perhaps as many as ten thousand in the state. This book focuses on the bear's history in California.
Print Book, English, 1992
University of California Press, Berkely, 1992
335 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
9780520205208, 0520205200
1059175299
Foreword by Rick Bass Introduction 1 The record of grizzlies in California, 2 Physical features of the grizzly 3 Habits of California grizzlies, 4 Grizzlies and Indians, 5 Grizzlies and Spaniards, 6 Bear-and-bull fights, 1 Grizzlies and Americans, 8 Grizzly hunting in California, 9 Grizzly Adams 10 Captive grizzlies-some famous 11 Grizzly lore 12 The California grizzly as an emblem Appendixes A-Known specimens of California grizzly B-Last records of g;rizzlies in California C-Indian names for bears; tribes and tribal territories D-Sources of information Bibliography Early newspaper articles on the California grizzly Index