Bøker av Larry Kaniut

Larry Kaniut, famous for his Alaska Bear Tales, brings you another book filled with exploits to keep you on the edge of your seat. Based on extensive research and interviews with survivors, Some Bears Kill will thrill and chill any lover of real-life adventure stories. You'll also find invaluable tips on how to save your own life if the next person to tangle with a bear is you.

Stories of terror, adventure, brutality, and even humor made in 1983 book Alaska Bear Tales a national phenomenon, with more than 100,000 copies sold. Now, Anchorage author and school teacher Larry Kaniut has compiled his second volume of true-life bear stories, so intriguing - so unbelievable - that they often read like fiction. From unprovoked maulings and terrifying close calls to amusing bear antics and hunting tips, Kaniut's gripping collection drives home the ever-present danger of encounters with the most fearsome creature in Alaska. In this sequel, Kaniut takes us from the farthest reaches of the Alaska wilderness, right around the corner of familiar urban settings where man and bear face off with unpredictable outcomes. "The bear charged forward, grabbing me by my lower right leg as he ran by. He picked me up, swung me over his head, and actually threw me like I was a feather pillow. I landed on a rock several feet away, barely hitting the ground before the bear was on top of me, chewing my upper right leg." From backyard to backcountry, from the gruesome to the educational, More Alaska Bear Tales is a vintage Alaska adventure.

In Bear Tales for the Ages: From Alaska and Beyond, best-selling author Larry Kaniut serves up twenty-eight riveting stories of encounters with this four-legged wonder of the woods, selected from a vast collection of bear books in the author's personal library. Many of these true stories are classics in bear encounter lore and every single one is a page-turner. Larry hopes their inclusion in this volume will keep these amazing stories alive for a new generation of readers. Chapters include a Montana grizzly ambushing a sheep herder, claw-knife fights with bears, an Inupiat man hunting grizzlies with a .22 single-shot rifle, dogs versus bears, and hunting down a man-killer brownie.

Nothing prepares you for a bear encounter better than learning from those who have experienced bears first-hand. Alaska Bear Tales is a collection of more than 200 real-life accounts filled with all the horror, courage, and even humor inherent when man meets bear. These bear tales are so intriguing-so unbelievable-that they often read like fiction.

Never before have so many exciting, hair-raising tales of bear encounters been collected into one book. Read about a man who swam into a lake to try to escape a furious bear only to find to his horror that bears can swim too! Or of the old gold prospector who got mauled and sewed up his own stomach-and lived to tell about it! When a bear attacks, it does so with devastating ferocity. Although the average attack lasts but thirty seconds, grievous injury can result from powerful paws and jaws. Strangely enough, most attacks are nonfatal. This book is filled with true-life episodes of close-calls, maulings, and deaths by all three North American bears: black, grizzly, and polar. These stories are not fiction. All are, eerily enough, based on complete fact. Even the FOX TV show When Animals Attack uses Kaniut's material for their shows. The author of two previous best-selling books on dangerous bears brings you a cliffhanger-you won't want to miss his latest and best yet!

Swallowed Alive, Fighting for Life in Alaska (volume 1) chronicles forty-two spine-tingling misadventures of mayhem at the mercy of Mother Nature. Gathered from personal interviews and media research in the wildest reaches of Alaska, volume one contains stories like two men freezing atop airplane floats as their plane rests upside down in a lake; a kayaker nailed by a calving glacier; river runners misreading the river's water, and a snowboarder disappears into a glacial crevasse, these tales of survival or extreme death will keep you on the edge of your seat. Whether it is freshwater, saltwater, glaciers, air turbulence, mountains or flat land, danger exists everywhere in Alaska. Outdoorsmen need be aware of both topography and weather as well as have survival supplies and skills in order to avoid being swallowed alive by nature. Join best-selling author Larry Kaniut in his newest book of misadventures: Swallowed Alive, Volume 1.

Just as travel and danger walk hand in hand in the Far North, Swallowed Alive, volume 2, follows in the footsteps of Swallowed Alive, volume 1, presenting stories of misadventure in the arms of Mistress Alaska. Danger is but a whisper away from those who travel Alaska's trails. And danger never falters in her efforts to unseat man.Stories of crevasses; dog team, river and ATV travel; bigfoot; trapping; hiking; fighting marlin; bear, bird, mouse, seal, sea lion, whale, caribou, moose and wolf situations; lost on a mountain and in the snow; teenage disappearance; exaggerated bear story; snow cornice. These stories embody totally unbelievable events...such as the bear and the frying pan.You will shake your head in disbelief and marvel at these stories. All true. And exceptional.

Sophisticate Gabrielle arranged a charter flight to Nulato, a few hours northwest of Anchorage. Photographing and writing about wolves was her mission. On her return trip the pilot, Lane Coverall, encounters engine trouble, the two are forced to land in the frozen wilderness. They engaged in their immediate survival, hoped for rescue, and prepared for the worst, finding food and staying warm. Lane discovered a trap line trail and eventual rescue. In the aftermath of their national attention, Gabrielle comes to the conclusion her New York lifestyle is not as favorable as it once was. But does she have the courage to return to the North and the man she loved?

Anyone who has attended an American public high school can identify with The B.G. It is written in three parts: school year, suicide, and abuse of teenagers. Part one portrays a normal year in high school, following some students and their attendant tribulations and triumphs. The second part deals with two young women who have never been loved...both Tori and Dawn consider suicide. Years later some of the teens in the first part attend a class reunion in the final pages, having matured and outlived their perilous teenage years. The final part, Save the Dogs, presents a parallel between feral dogs and feral adults, the dogs attacking farm animals, and the adults targeting teenagers. The end of the book brings together the first two parts and provides a positive solution-wrapping up a "normal" American high school. The bottom line: kids matter.

Heavenly Rose is the biography of Pamela Diane Timmons Kaniut, adored wife of famous Alaskan author Larry Kaniut. When Pamela's health deteriorated, Larry was motivated to compile memories and accolades from family, friends, and neighbors hoping to encourage her through the dark moments. He had no idea at the time that the project would last for several decades. What was initially created to uplift one woman became inspirational to many others. Experience the life of Pamela from early childhood through maturity, as seen through the eyes of a man who has loved her for 62 years. "Pamela was my anchor and my guide, my compass in sunshine and storm. Like a Heavenly Rose full of beauty and sweet perfume, Pamela produces joy and compassion for everyone around her. She has greatly blessed my life." May her beautiful story inspire you too.

Alaska is like no other state and few countries; men experience greater risk in her arms. This one-of-a-kind anthology captures the spine tingling adventures of daring men and women who venture into Alaska''s vast wilderness and look death in the eye. Danger Stalks the Land relates gripping episodes of animal attacks, avalanches, aircraft disasters, fishing, hunting, and skiing accidents, and chronicles risky climbs and reckless mountaineering amid Alaska''s fantastic peaks. Through exhaustive research and interviews, author Larry Kaniut has captured in one volume, the terror and beauty of man''s attempt to explore a vast and unforgiving land.