Chasing the ghost bear : on the trail of America's lost super beast / Mike Stark.
| Author/creator | Stark, Mike author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022] |
| Description | 227 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part 1. The beast is here: Into the dark ; Skull ; A family of bears ; Bone trove ; Inside ; Into the Pleistocene ; Bears in proximity ; Bears are everywhere -- Part 2. Goo: La Brea ; Hiding in the muck ; Teeth and bones ; A surge of discovery -- Part 3. Bones: What happened in Fulton County ; Real monsters ; A Hoosier’s search ; Dispossessed -- Part 4. North and South: Fitful arrivals ; Imagining Arcturus ; The great and far north ; Lubbock ; Ancient hunters -- Part 5. Last stand: Endings ; What happened? ; De-extinction. |
| Abstract | "Chasing the Ghost Bear explores modern research into one of the legendary but overlooked extinct mammals from the Pleistocene epoch, the short-faced bear. Mammoths and sabertoothed cats receive most of the popular attention, but these wide-ranging bears may have ruled the West prior to the Ice Age extinctions that left grizzlies and bison as the largest mammals of the American West"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 2021040673 |
| ISBN | 9781496229021 paperback |
| ISBN | 1496229029 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | electronic book |