Beyond the Bear (Hardcover)

How I Learned to Live and Love Again After Being Blinded by a Bear

By Dan Bigley, Debra McKinney

Lyons Press, 9780762784554, 224pp.

Publication Date: April 2, 2013

Other Editions of This Title:
Paperback (1/7/2016)
MP3 CD (4/7/2015)
MP3 CD (7/2/2013)
MP3 CD (7/2/2013)
Compact Disc (7/2/2013)
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Description

A 25-year-old backcountry wanderer, a man happiest exploring wild places with his dog, Dan Bigley woke up one midsummer morning to a day full of promise. Before it was over, after a stellar day of salmon fishing along Alaska's Kenai and Russian rivers, a.


About the Author

Dan Bigley, who earned a master's degree in social work after losing his sight, is now the director of therapeutic foster care services at Denali Family Services in Anchorage and was awarded a 2008 Alaskan of the Year Award by the Governor's Committee on Employment and Rehabilitation for People with Disabilities. Debra McKinney is a freelance writer who was part of a team that won journalism's highest honor, the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, for the Anchorage Daily News.