Bear That Went Bump in the Night

By Shereen H. Waterman

Larry discovers he needs more skills to survive in the Alaska wilderness. He and his family must face a bear destroying their homestead. The bear is winning so far. How can Larry help his family?

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Nov 18, 2015
• ISBN: 9781504962032

Shereen H. Waterman

Shereen Waterman is a retired schoolteacher (preschool to college), counselor, and groundskeeper, mother, and grandmother. She was born to the Alaska homestead, grew up in Colorado, graduated in Washington, and married, worked, and raised a family in New Mexico and Hawaii. She likes the humidity and adventure of the South better than the snow and adventure of the North. Current interests include swimming (meeting ocean fish is scary), gardening (yum), hiking (slowly), reading (which leads to storytelling), and community service (change management). She is also author of “Experiential Education” (ERIC, 1983) and “The Fairy Kingdom: A Curriculum Guide” (Southwester College, 1979).

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Published by AuthorHouse 11/17/2015

ISBN: 978-1-5049-6202-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5049-6203-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015918770

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Dedicated to our father William E. Humes who told me the rest of this story in 2009

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Larry

stood between the quarter-ton pick-up and the river and waited. He wanted to get started so badly he felt his muscles buzzing. He had helped fish the river salmon run for the past two years. He was bigger, stronger and smarter now.

As he stared at the surging fish filling the roaring water, Larry tried to identify all the kinds of salmon. He could teach little Suzie how to recognize them. There was a fast silver next to a big king followed by a late-run humpy that would turn bright red after spawning. He could almost tell the males from