The Blue Bear - Softcover

Schooler, Lynn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 009942195X ISBN 13: 9780099421955

Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

His body twisted by adolescent scoliosis, Lynn Schooler's soul was scarred from the loneliness of someone who, at an early age, stood 'at a strange angle to the rest of the world'. He made a life on the slim crescent of remote Alaskan coastline surrounding the city of Juneau, a place where he was least likely to encounter people. In 1990, celebrated Japanese photographer Michio Hoshino hired Schooler to help him shoot a segment on humpback whales in Glacier Bay, and the two formed a profound friendship. Their conversations often revolved around the glacier bear (known as the blue bear for its unique granite-coloured fur), a nearly extinct creature so rare that it is shrouded in legend. Together, the two men became obsessed with finding the animal, every year searching through Ice-Age vistas to capture the blue bear on film. Their obsession cost Hoshino his life when he was killed by a grizzly bear - but alone in the eighth year, Schooler finally found and photographed the elusive creature.

About this title

Review:

'The Blue Bear is sublime. Schooler threads us into the intimacy of Alaska's nature' New York Times Book Review

About the Author:

Lynn Schooler has lived in Alaska for thirty years. During that time, he has lived the quiet life of a Renaissance man in exile - having worked as a commercial fisherman, a shipwright, a trapper, a professional seaman, a wildlife photographer, and a wilderness guide. He has won local and national awards for his wildlife photography. This is his first book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 009942195X
• ISBN 13: 9780099421955
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288