Gentle Giant

by Walt Morey

While held captive by a group of game poachers, the bear cub is secretly visited by Mark and a warm friendship develops. With time, Ben grows to become a 750 pound giant. When Ben seriously injures his captor defending Mark, Mark and his father embark on a dangerous journey to track down Ben in order to find out if he has reverted to his wild instincts.

94 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Walt Morey was an award-winning author of numerous works of children's fiction set in the U.S. Pacific Northwestand Alaska, the places where Morey lived for all of his life. His book Gentle Ben was the basis for the 1967 movie Gentle Giant and the 1967-1969 television show Gentle Ben.

He wrote a total of 17 published books, most of which involve as a central plot element the relationship between man and animals. Many of his works involve survival stories, or people going into the wild to "discover" themselves; redemption through nature is a common theme of Morey's works.