Bear Attack in the Smokies

Memoirs of a National Park Ranger

Jerry Grubb

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English

French Broad River Press
20 May 2020

True crime; Nature Conservation law; Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment & Planning; Sports & outdoor recreation

Memoirs of a former career National Park Ranger, and how he began a career with the National Park Service. This body of work describes many incidents that occurred in his 26 years as a National Park Ranger and how a government bureaucracy impacted this Ranger's life in a job he loved.

This work covers how the National Park Service evolved during his career and focusing on how the park service management dealt with law enforcement issues and including the shooting deaths of three of his close colleagues that were dedicated National Park Rangers. It gives an inside perspective of how a difficult bureaucracy works and identifying mismanagement and rogue law enforcement and management officials in the National Park Service.

Also included in this work is the tragic death of a local schoolteacher killed by a black bear in the Smoky Mountains, where false and misleading information was given to the public, and reveals insights and truths about the investigation, and how and why it was covered up. It identifies the mismanagement of the National Park Service functions in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, including information and negligence regarding the 2016 Wildfires that killed 14 people.

This body of work lays out the facts as they happened. Some are sad, some humorous, and some remarkably interesting. This book will leave you with a new understanding of how the Park Service has steered away from their original mission and how they operate today.

By: Jerry Grubb
Imprint: French Broad River Press
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 463g
ISBN: 9781734753615
ISBN 10: 1734753617
Pages: 346
Publication Date: 20 May 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jerry is an avid hunter and fisherman, taxidermist, backyard farmer and log cabin builder. He lives in the Smoky Mountains with his wife, two dogs, miniature horses, two ducks, and four chickens. He is a retired National Park Service Ranger and worked at Gulf Islands National Seashore and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for twenty-six years and enjoyed every minute of it. He admits to being an action junky and now a book author. You can find him on his Facebook page at www.facebook.com/JerryGrubbAuthor or at his taxidermy Facebook page at https: //www.facebook.com/Hunt-n-Fish-Taxidermy-486468811495205/

Reviews for Bear Attack in the Smokies: Memoirs of a National Park Ranger

If you have ever wondered about the real-life dangers faced by National Park Rangers, this is your book. No politically correct sing-around-the-campfire happy talk; just captivating, action filled, hard-edged truths. Prepare to be shocked by never before reported insider perspectives about the National Park Service. Written from the heart by a passionate, full career ranger who emerges as a fearless modern-day hero. John Bradberry, MD Atlanta, GA