The Man Who Rode The Bear

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NEW: The Man Who Rode The Bear: A gold rush pioneer pursues a murderer through Californian redwoods and stumbles into a deadly encounter with a grizzly bear... New blockbuster nonfiction on Singular Discoveries: singulardiscoveries.substack.com/p/the-man-who-rode-the-bear #longreads @longreads @sundaylongread 1/5

Andy Stump came to California from West Virginia and worked at the Bodega sawmill in Sonoma County. The trouble started in 1852 when one of his coworkers, a friend named Jersey Roy, mysteriously disappeared – along with a belt full of gold dust... 2/5

Stump suspected another worker, Tony West, of murdering Roy for his gold. Stump confronted West and pursued him into the redwood forest, across valleys, through creeks, and down canyons. After a long chase, Stump and West fell into the den of a very angry grizzly bear... 3/5

The grizzly was California's most formidable animal. Seven feet tall, a thousand pounds, kitchen-knife claws and a vice-clamp jaw, this was ursus horribilis – the terrible bear. The tumbling Stump fell right on its back, grabbed two fistfuls of fur, and was on for the ride... 4/5

Also in this edition of Singular Discoveries, recommended books by @skiphol and @johnphillips185, plus a dead cert Oscar tip. Oh, and there's an audio version of The Man Who Rode The Bear, too. All free of charge and cheap at the price here: singulardiscoveries.substack.com/p/the-man-who-rode-the-bear 5/5