Mike Stark is a former reporter for the Associated Press and the Billings Gazette and is the author of Wrecked in Yellowstone: Greed, Obsession, and the Untold Story of Yellowstone’s Most Infamous Shipwreck. He lives in Tucson, Arizona, and is the creative director for the Center for Biological Diversity.
Readers with an interest in paleontology, zoology, or ecology will find this book fascinating. Those unfamiliar with these disciplines may find their curiosity piqued by opening the book. --J. Kemper Campbell, Lincoln Journal Star-- (5/15/2022 12:00:00 AM) A must have for anyone with an interest in prehistoric bears! --Birdbooker Report-- (3/28/2022 12:00:00 AM) Thank heavens for Mike Stark for rummaging around in creepy caves, unearthing remote museum curators, and otherwise doing the far-flung homework needed to bring us this compelling elegy to one of prehistoric North America's most spectacular carnivores. --Paul Schullery, author of Lewis and Clark among the Grizzlies and The Bear Doesn't Know A finely crafted mosaic of natural history, historical drama, and personal odyssey--seasoned with musings about the impermanence of life. . . . Mike Stark has managed to bring back to life not only this fascinating animal--Arctodus simus, the giant short-faced bear--but also the paleontologists who risked life and limb pursuing its scattered remains. --David Mattson, former longtime grizzly bear scientist for the National Park Service and U.S. Geological Survey