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Description:  Balsar, a pioneer lad, enters manhood at the age of 13 when he encounters a great bear while fishing on the river and proves his mettle. This book, full of harrowing adventures, great danger, and many acts of valor, tells of Balsar's subsequent encounters with bears, wolves, Indians and the legendary one-eared 'demon' bear, offering a dynamic portrait of the daily life in Indiana during the 1820s.

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1. The Big Bear
2. How Balser Got a Gun
3. Lost in a Forest
4. The One-Eared Bear
5. The Wolf Hunt

6. Borrowed Fire
7. The Fire Bear
8. The Black Gully
9. On the Stroke of Nine
10. A Castle on Brandywine

A Little Brother to the Bear

by William J. Long

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth

by John Muir

Forest Neighbors

by Edith M. Patch