Memoir tells of the author’s difficult relationship with his college-bound child and the Alaskan adventure they shared: The Register-Guard, Eugene, Or

Memoir tells of the author’s difficult relationship with his college-bound child and the Alaskan adventure they shared: The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.: "To save money, father and son went to the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge without a guide, which can cost as much as $1,000 a day for a party of two. But that made the trip a lot riskier.

The dangers became clear the second day when Ureneck and Adam rounded a bend and came upon a 1,000-pound brown bear standing knee-deep with her cub in a narrow section of the river. A tense standoff ensued along the shore, with Ureneck aiming his shotgun at the bear as she stood so close he could hear and smell her."