First published more than a century ago,The Biography of a Grizzlyrecounts the life of a fictitious bear named Wahb who lived and died in the Greater Yellowstone region. This new edition combines Ernest Thompson Setons classic tale and original illustrations with historical and scientific context for Wahbs story, providing a thorough understanding of the setting, cultural connections, biology, and ecology of Setons best-known book.By the timeThe Biography of a Grizzlywas published in 1900, grizzly bears had been hunted out of much of their historical range in North America. The characterization of Wahb, along with Setons other anthropomorphic tales of American wildlife, helped to change public perceptions and promote conservation. As editors Jeremy M. Johnston and Charles R. Preston remind us, however, Setons approach to writing about animals put him at the center of the Nature-Faker controversy of the early twentieth century, when John Burroughs