Alex Cook is the pen name of the author who has lived in the Colorado
high country for more than 30 years. He is a retired physics
professor and atmospheric scientist and is the author of "The
Greenhouse Effect - A Legacy", a novel. As an environmentalist, he
believes that as the most intelligent and dominant creature in nature
we have responsibilities commensurate with the resources we have
exploited. In retirement, he is a summertime volunteer naturalist at
the Golden Gate Canyon State Park in Colorado and makes wintertime
sojourns to volunteer at the Arthur Marshal Loxahatchee National
Wildlife Reserve in South Florida
Jason and the Grizzly
a novel
by Alex Cook
Jason and the Grizzly
a novel
by Alex Cook
Published Oct 14, 2008
221 Pages
Genre: FICTION / General
Book Details
JASON AND THE GRIZZLY Silvertip, the old grizzly bear, discouraged
with human encroachment of his habitat in the Canadian Rockies,
responds to a genetic map in travel to his ancestral home in
Colorado. Jason Atwater, retired business executive recovering from a
disappointing life in eastern society, becomes inspired to repay a
debt to the land in Colorado, the state of his childhood. Jason will
reinvest his wealth using the mechanism of conservation easements in
returning unprofitable ranchland and forest to its natural state. The
grizzly discovers the nearby Flat Tops Wilderness to be a welcome
habitat for coexistence with human neighbors respectful of the
spiritual value of the wild land. And there is Chipeta, the beautiful
descendant of Mountain Utes who begins to recover from personal grief
in the natural setting of the managed Habitat where Jason and
Silvertip are destined to meet. In this project to live in harmony
with the mountain land, Jason experiences an extraordinary bond with
the grizzly, and discovers a responsive and abiding personal love
with Chipeta.
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Alex Cook
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