Daniel Horowitz, Mary Huggins Gamble Professor of American Studies Emeritus at Smith College, is a cultural historian and the author of numerous influential books. His latest work, Bear With Me, traces how Americans’ views of bears transformed from wilderness threats to cultural icons, following his most recent book, American Dreams, American Nightmares: Culture and Crisis in Residential Real Estate from the Great Recession to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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Bear With Me by Daniel Horowitz

In Bear With Me, historian Daniel Horowitz examines how bears evolved from fearsome symbols of the untamed frontier into global cultural celebrities, from Grizzly Adams to Winnie the Pooh. Known for his sharp cultural insights, Horowitz reveals what our changing relationship with bears says about American identity and imagination.