The Bears of Blue River

The Bears of Blue River describes the adventures off young boy growing up in early nineteenth-century rural Indiana. Little Balser with his parents, a younger brother and a baby sister in a cozy log cabin on the bank of the Big Blue River. Although only thirteen or fourteen years old, he is quite familiar with the dangers and rigors of frontier life. As the story unfolds, the boy becomes lost in the forest, encounters the fierce one eared bear and is nearly caught by a bear as he dozes next to what he thinks is a bearskin. This book is a book for children or adults who love nature and tales of early pioneer life.