<DIV>What is it about Yellowstone National Park that draws millions of visitors from all over the world? If you've visited Yellowstone, you should already know the answer. If you&#8217;ve never visited-or you have, but still don&#8217;t know the answer&#8212;Michael Leach explains it to you in his book of essays, <I>Grizzlies on My Mind</I>.<BR>&#160;<BR>Leach is a Yellowstone insider with unmatched passion for this nation&#8217;s first national park. At the age of twenty-two, Leach&#8217;s dream of becoming a Yellowstone ranger came true. It wasn&#8217;t long before he&#8217;d earned the nickname "Rev" for his powerful Yellowstone &#8220;sermons.&#8221;&#160;<BR>&#160;<BR>&#160;In <I>Grizzlies on My Mind</I>, Leach shares his love for Yellowstone&#8212;its landscapes and wildlife, especially its iconic bison and grizzlies&#8212;as he tells tales that will delight anyone interested in the national park system, wildlife and wild landscapes, rivers and adventure. Heartwarming and heartbreaking stories of human lives lost, efforts to save a black bear cub, a famous wolf who helped Leach through some dark personal days, the unique and oftentimes humorous Yellowstone &#8220;culture,&#8221; backpacking trips that nearly ended in disaster, and Leach&#8217;s spiritual journey with his Assiniboine-Gros Ventre &#8220;brother&#8221; fill the pages&#8212;and the reader&#8217;s heart.<BR>&#160;<BR>If you&#8217;ve never been charged by an elk, traveled solo at dawn across Yellowstone&#8217;s frigid interior (working your way slowly through a herd of peaceful bison in the process), or lain awake in a backcountry tent, listening for the spine-tingling breaths of a curious grizzly&#8212;but you crave such experiences, <I>Grizzlies on My Mind</I> is the book for you.<BR></div>