![]() ![]() Some of the best passages in this beautifully written book involve the communion of men and animals, as when he describes Bill seeing Majer for the first time after a long absence: “In those eyes you can see snow and forests and your own eyes mirrored back at you, afraid, confused, and just stumbling forward into the life that would be yours.” Kiefer, who lives in Sacramento and teaches at American River College, is a gifted stylist unafraid of writing on the edge of sentiment. Though Bill isn’t sure whether these are idle threats, he’s stricken with worry, especially over the possible fate of a wolf that he’s come to love, and an old blind grizzly bear named Majer that he thinks of as family. He’s given two options: find a registered, licensed zoo to take the animals or else the warden will have to kill them. The warden then accuses him of operating an illegal zoo, and threatens to tell the Department of Interior that he’s keeping federally protected species in captivity. ![]()
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