Classic wilderness adventure story by the American novelist and conservationist. In 1988 the French director Jean-Jacques Annaud used his 1916 novel, The Grizzly King to make the film The Bear. "With the silence and immobility of a great reddish-tinted, rock, Thor stood for many minutes looking out over his domain. He could not see far, for, like all grizzlies, his eyes were small and far apart, and his vision was bad..."