DEADLY ANIMALS

Consider, if you can, the case of Jacob Fowler, who heard what he thought was the sound of his own skull cracking between the jaws o f a grizzly bear - only to discover that it was. Drawing on an enormous host of true encounters between man and beast, this is the w orld's most authoritative compendium of animal attacks on human beings. With mordant wit and expert timing, Gordon Grice provides a gripping journey to the dark side of the animal kingdom and a celebration of its humbling, savage glory.