Cougar: Ghost of the Rockies

by Karen McCall

Book Overview

In 1990 and 1991, more than 30 million people had the chance to see one of America's most elusive creatures up close, in the ABC-TV documentary "Cougar: Ghost of the Rockies". Last year, Cougar was... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871564637
• ISBN13: 9780871564634
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Sierra Club Books for Children
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.6" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

A nice book about a beautiful animal

The cover photograph was only the first of many outstanding pictures in this book. The photographs are by Jim Dutcher, who provided most of the source material for the book. Most of the text was written by Karen McCall, rich with description almost to the point of being a distraction at times, but there are a few parts where there is a noticeable shift in style, and I suspect these were written by Dutcher himself. We get the story of Catrina as she raises three cubs in an enclosure in a secluded area, to be eventually released into the wild (Catrina herself is too acclimated to humans to be released). Their story is interesting and compelling. The book is worth having for the pictures alone, but you'll be missing out if you don't read the text too.