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The Bear and the Man Who Trained It
Job Toomey, famed trainer of the Sillaby Hopkins Circus, recalls a near fatal cliffside escape in a Sierra Nevada encounter with a grizzly. Trapped in a rocky pocket, he outwits the bear and rattlesnake, then plots a way to escape as night approaches.
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Ber Town
Job Toomey
Job Foomney
Grantham Mills
Sillaby & Hopkins Circus
America
Toomey
Sanderson
Toomer
Hrizely
Mr. Toomey
Job
Kim
Grastham Mills
Burr
Captain Bird
Ravelin
Elim
Jess
Bear