A Grizzly in the Mail and Other Adventures in American History

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A GRIZZLY IN THE MAIL AND OTHER ADVENTURES IN AMERICAN HISTORY A GRIZZLY IN THE MAIL AND OTHER ADVENTURES IN AMERICAN HISTORY Tim Grove University of Nebraska Press | Lincoln and London © 2014 by Tim Grove All illustrations by Michael Lowery © by Michael Lowery All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Grove, Tim, 1967– A grizzly in the mail and other adventures in American history / Tim Grove. pages cm Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-8032-4972-1 (pbk.: alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8032-5405-3 (epub) — ISBN 978-0-8032-5406-0 (mobi) — ISBN 978-0-8032-5404-6 (pdf) 1. United States—History—Anecdotes. 2. United States—Biography—Anecdotes. I. Title. E179.G84 2014 973—dc23 2013039704 Set in Lyon by Laura Wellington. For my parents Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you. —Deuteronomy 32:7 ...