Bears I Have Met—and Others
by Allen Kelly
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Chapters (52)
- BEARS I HAVE MET—AND OTHERS
- ALLEN KELLY
- PHILADELPHIA DREXEL BIDDLE, PUBLISHER 1903
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- Portrait of the Author. Letter to Allen Kelly from Ernest Thompson Seton. Sketch of Monarch.——ERNEST THOMPSON SETON. The Largest Captive Grizzly.——From a Photograph. Feasting Upon a Big Steer.——A. K. Chained to Trees Every Night. Prepared to Pluck Foster.——W. H. LOOMIS. Long Brown Moved Just in Time.——W. H. LOOMIS. The Bear Swung Trap, Chain and Clog.——W. H. L. and A. K. She Lunged Forward to Meet the Charge.——W. HOFACKER. A Bully Saddle Bear.——HOMER DAVENPORT. The Bears Inspected the Pigs in Clover.——CHAS. NELAN. Pinto Looked Down on the Platform.——WILL CHAPIN. Watching the Man in the Tree.——WILL CHAPIN. The Grizzly Chewed His Arm.——A. K. He Had Seen the Bears.——WALT McDOUGALL.
- PREFACE
- BEARS I HAVE MET—AND OTHERS.
- CHAPTER I.
- THE CALIFORNIA GRIZZLY.
- CHAPTER II.
- THE STORY OF MONARCH.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHRONICLES OF CLUBFOOT.
- CHAPTER IV.
- MOUNTAIN CHARLEY.
- CHAPTER V.
- IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW.
- CHAPTER VI.
- WHEN GRIZZLIES RAN IN DROVES.
- CHAPTER VII.
- THE ADVENTURES OF PIKE.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- IN THE BIG SNOW.
- CHAPTER IX.
- BOSTON'S BIG BEAR FIGHT.
- CHAPTER X.
- YOSEMITE.
- CHAPTER XI.
- THE RIGHT OF WAY.
- CHAPTER XII.
- WELL HEELED.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- SMOKED OUT.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- A CRY IN THE NIGHT.
- CHAPTER XV.
- A CAMPFIRE SYMPOSIUM.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- BRAINY BEARS OF THE PECOS.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- WHEN MONARCH WAS FREE.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- HOW OLD PINTO DIED.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- THREE IN A BOAT.
- CHAPTER XX.
- A PROVIDENTIAL PROSPECT HOLE.
- CHAPTER'XXI.
- KILLED WITH A BOWIE.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- A DENFUL OF GRIZZLIES.
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