Author: Childs, Craig

One of our finest nature writers vividly captures chilling encounters with grizzlies, sharks, jaguars, elk, bighorn sheep, and other wild creatures. Each of the forty brief, compelling narratives focuses on a particular species, with astonishing facts about its behavior, habitat, breeding and lifespan. But the glory of each essay lies in Childs's ability to portray the sometimes brutal beauty of the wilderness, to capture the individual essence of wild creatures, to transport us beyond the human realm into another world that exists alongside it. 352 pp. Due any time.