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| Death in the Grizzly Maze: The Timothy Treadwell Story | 
| Author: Mike Lapinski
Publisher: Falcon
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 332155
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
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Pages: 192
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Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 0762736771
Dewey Decimal Number: 599.784092
UPC: 024933736775
EAN: 9780762736775
ASIN: 0762736771
Publication Date: April 1, 2005
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There is some Sanity on this review list!! February 2, 2006
5 out of 14 found this review helpful
I need to say that I saw the movie first and read the book second. I would recommend to people that they probably reverse the order in the future. I have read some reviewer's comments for example by professional reviewers such as M. Gaede and been very disappointed. You really need to look beyond the professional reviewers especially with regard to Amazon reviews. Everyone is different and to prescribe a model of presentation is presumptious, but having seen the book and movie I will make some personal comments to be taken with consideration.
My suggestion would be to look at the movie first. Werner does an absolute phenomenal job of looking not only at Tim's view but also that of the other side. It is much more balanced and I would say fair to the bears which is most important in the end.
Reading the book is also very important because it reveals some reasoning as to what Tim got from the Bears. I don't think the movie fully captures what nature or the bears gave to Tim and would strongly recommend that people both see the movie and read the book.
CJB
"There is no way to peace, Peace is the Way!" A.J Muste.
A Worthwhile Read January 4, 2006
22 out of 29 found this review helpful
"Death in the Grizzly Maze" by Mike Lapinski is a good book that presents some information about Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard that I haven't found elsewhere, including "The Grizzly Maze" by Nick Jans. The author has done a remarkable job of interviewing almost all of the people that knew or worked with Timothy Treadwell, including his mom, Amie's mom, various bush pilots, guides, wildlife biologists, park rangers, National Park superintendents, and some members of the Grizzly People foundation. The author's way of obtaining, organizing, and objectively presenting the background information about not just Timothy, but about Amie Huguenard made the grim subject matter easier to read than most other treatments of the subject.
Lapinski realized that Amie's life and connection to Grizzly People is often overlooked in the many articles, videos, and other books that have been written about the tragedy. He dedicated an entire chapter to her (and the entire book to both Amie and Timothy). He also reserved moral judgment of Timothy. Instead, Lapinski presents the information and then steps back allowing the readers to form their own opinion based on the numerous facts and interviews. The author will probably anger fans of Treadwell and Grizzly People by pointing out the many facts that they and the mainstream media and news organizations usually omit in their effort to hype Treadwell and/or entertain. They often romanticize Treadwell's "mission," rather than pointing out how it was a thirteen year long false mission that included flawed field methodology, deception and lies, and a contradictory environmental message.
Something that may be a slight stretch in this book is a sympathetic chapter that discusses the possibility that Treadwell may have suffered from Bipolar disorder. However, Lapinski does present supporting evidence of the possibility in the form of interviews with a bipolar disorder patient and a psychologist, among others, who were familiar with Treadwell's work and behind-the-scenes personality. Finally, he presents a plausible scenario of the final bear attack itself, since the only record of it is an impossible-to-listen-to audio record left on video tape that was recovered at the Treadwell camp site. Lapinski also does a good job documenting how the tragedy occurred not just at the grizzly maze on October 5, 2003, but during a continuous period of time that stretched over many years, as most systemic failures often do. This is an analysis I haven't found elsewhere. I have read other articles and books about Treadwell and this author cautiously attempts to explain the unexplainable, without putting a spin on Treadwell's life. Treadwell did that by himself. Yet Lapinski is appropriately sympathetic to Treadwell and Huguenard (who have been vilified in some circles), and to the bears. I have found myself re-reading chapters because of this, cross checking with the Jans book, since much of the analysis and facts are news to me.
Overall, Lapinski gave me an appreciation for how Timothy and Amie wound up paying the ultimate price because they continued in their misguided mission, intentionally and unintentionally encouraged in part by many others. Some of whom must now pay a weighty emotional price, due to their inability to distinguish hype from reality.
Mike Bowman
 A Deathly Opinionated Book.... blahhh! October 5, 2005
81 out of 92 found this review helpful
I read both this and Nick Jans "Grizzly Maze" book after having watched the "Grizzly Man" docu-film. I have not read Treadwell's own "Among Grizzlies" but, in hindsight, I feel that both the Herzog film and Nick Jans' "Grizzly Maze" were much better and more objective treatments of the guy. Nick Jans' writing is far better than Lapinski's also, and one gets the impression that this book was banged together too quickly. If you are deciding between either Jans' "Grizzly Maze" or this "Death in the Grizzly Maze", your time is better spent on "Grizzly Maze".
 TIMBITS 2 September 30, 2005
22 out of 25 found this review helpful
I am far from a Treadwell fan, and I felt that Nick Jans 'Grizzly Maze' was too soft on Timmy Treadwell, but this book swings too far in the other direction. Nick Jans is a much better writer, and his book steers clear of the wild speculation which Lapinsky indulges in here. It was obvious to anyone with common sense that Treadwell was a deeply disturbed man who was chasing the only path to celebrity he could find, and it was only a matter of time before the big bears took him out. Does it really matter if Timmy was bipolar or not ? Speculating on whether his friends, the NPS, etc. could have saved him misses the point- only Tim Treadwell could have saved Tim Treadwell, and he didn't think he had a problem, he thought he had found his star. Lapinsky's position is further diluted by his (if you read Lapinsky's 'Bear Attacks-Who Survived and Why?' you knew it was coming) inclusion of a bear spray commercial chapter 'Could Bear Spray Have Saved Tim Treadwell?'. Overall, the book reads like it was hastily cobbled together, perhaps in an attempt to be first to the marketplace.
A Fair look September 18, 2005
24 out of 30 found this review helpful
I'm sure this book wouldn't have been as interesting if I hadn't seen the Herzog doc, "Grizzly Man," which is excellent and offers a more subtle critique of Treadwell (his partner was made a producer of the film in exchange for full access).
It's a fair look at Treadwell, and has many quotes from many different people (biologists, wildlife experts, park rangers, etc) and all of them are sympathetically critical of Treadwell's dangerous and delusional behavior.
It's a great story of a troubled man, but his defenders continue to do the bears a disservice. He did more harm than good, and got himself and his girlfriend and two bears killed because of his reckless actions. The wildlife tv stars should all take notice of this tragic story.
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