<DIV><DIV> Beginning in 1951, Will Troyer embarked on a thirty-year career with the U.S. Department of the Interior that included positions such as fish and game warden and manager of the Kodiak Island brown bear preserve. Troyer's engaging prose affirms his passionate connection to the natural world, as he describes experiences such as being in the midst of a herd of 40,000 caribou. <I>Bear Wrangler </I>is an absorbing tale of one man's experience as an authentic pioneer in the last vestiges of American wilderness.</DIV><DIV> </DIV></DIV>